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The Giver 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | Viewing the future with anxiety or alarm |
| distraught | Exhibiting a severely disordered state of mind |
| transgression | The spread of the sea over land areas and the consequent unconformable deposit of sediments on older rocks |
| distraught | Exhibiting a severely disordered state of mind |
| awe | A strong feeling of fear or respect and also wonder |
| enhance | To increase or improve (something) |
| adherence | Steady or faithful attachment |
| fret | To pass (time) in |
| aptitude | A natural ability |
| appeal | A legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court |
| chastise | To inflict punishment on (as by whipping)to inflict punishment on (as by whipping) |
| reluctantly | With aversion or hesitation |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs |
| dwelling | a place where a person lives |
| regulate | to bring under the control of law or constituted authority |
| serene | clear and free of storms or unpleasant change |
| tabulated | to count, record, or list systematically |
| frail | physically weak |
| nuisance | one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious : |
| labor | involved in giving birth |