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The giver 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| disposition | the unusual attitude or mood of a person or animal |
| transgression | infringement or violation of a law, command, or duty |
| awe | a strong feeling of fear or respect and also wonder |
| enhance | The action to make something even better. |
| adherence | : the act, action, or quality of adhering |
| fret | To suffer emotional strain |
| aptitude | : a natural ability to do something or to learn something |
| appeal | : to make an earnest request |
| chastise | : to censure severely |
| reluctantly | : in a reluctant manner : with aversion or hesitation |
| remorse | : a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs |
| dwelling | : a shelter (such as a house) in which people live |
| regulate | Something going to its original state |
| serene | : marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled or quietude |
| tabulated | : to count, record, or list systematically |
| frail | : easily broken or destroyed : |
| nuisance | : one that is annoying, unpleasant, or obnoxious |
| labor | : expenditure of physical or mental effort especially when difficult or compulsory |