The Giver Vocab Words
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Intrigue | Arouse the curiosity or interest of, fascinate |
| Rasping | Say in a harsh, grating voice |
| Palpable | Able to be touched or felt |
| Distraught | Agitated with doubt or mental conflict |
| Apprehensive | Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen |
| Disposition | A person's natural qualities of mind and character |
| Aptitude | A natural ability to do something |
| Chastise | To criticize severely |
| Peering | Too look intently or curiously |
| Droning | Speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone |
| Gravitating | To natural tendency or be strongly attracted to or toward |
| Chortled | To chuckle gleefully |
| Infraction | A violation or infringement of a law, agreement, or set of rules |
| Dosage | The amount of medicine to be given |
| Interdependence | Mutually dependent; depending on each other |
| Indulgently | Having or indication a readiness or over readiness to be generous |
| Exuberant | Filled with or characterized by a lively energy and excitement |
| Chastisement | To criticize severely |
| Transgressions | A violation of law, command, or duty |
| Scrupulously | Minutely careful, precise, or exact,; extremely attentive to details. |
| Exasperate | To irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely |
| Retroactive | Taking effect from a date in the past |
| Acquisition | The learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality |
| Apprehensive | Uneasy or fearful about something that might happen |
| Crescendo | A steady increase in force or intensity |
| Benign | Showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness |
| Anguish | Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain |
| Requisitioned | A formally written request for something needed |
| Excruciating | Extremely painful; causing intense suffering; unbearably distressing |
| Reeled | To be thrown off balance or fall back |
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