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the giver 1
The Giver 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| disposition | the usual attitude or mood of a person or animal |
| transgression | mistake |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread and wonder that is inspired by overwhelming greatness (as in beauty, power, or size) |
| enhance | to increase or improve in value, quality, desirability, or attractiveness |
| adherence | to stick to something : to attach firmly to something |
| fret | to cause to suffer emotional strain |
| aptitude | a natural ability to do something or to learn something |
| chastise | to criticize (someone) harshly for doing something wrong |
| reluctantly | in a reluctant manner : with aversion or hesitation |
| remorse | a feeling of being sorry for doing something bad or wrong in the past : a feeling of guilt |
| dwelling | a place where a person lives |
| regulate | to set or adjust the amount, degree, or rate of (something) |
| serene | marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude |
| tabulated | to count, record, or list systematically |
| frail | easily broken or destroyed |
| nuisance | a person, thing, or situation that is annoying or that causes trouble or problems |
| distruaght | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| labor | expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory |
| appeal | a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court |