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The Giver Vocabulary {Chapter 1-13}

Distraught - to get sad or uncollected by something

Disposition - the way someone or something looks or acts

Palpable - stomach-sinking terror

Transgression - going against the law

Fret - to be scared or anxious about something

Chastisement - severe criticism/punishment

Petulantly - moody or childish

Droning - for something to seem continuous

Tunic - a loose garment

Tabulated - an arrangement in tabular form

Chortled - laughing

Meticulously - very perfective and attention to small details

Aptitude - suitability of fitness

Wielded: to hold/use

Piecemeal - partial measurements taken over a particular period of time

Crescendo - gradually increasing in volume

Benign - gently, kindly

Jaunty - expressing kindness or bubbliness

Unanimous - fully in agreement with

Fleeting - lasting for a very short time

Throng - densely packed crowd

Unamiouised - official order

Disquieting - a feeling of worry

Prodded - to poke someone with something

Indulgently - to let someone do what they want

Infringed - to break the law

Gravitate - to move towards someone or something

Buoyancy - the ability to float on water

Integral - necessary to make a whole

Conspicuous - clearly visible

Requisitioned - to demand the use of something

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The Giver Vocabulary {Chapter 1-13}

Distraught - to get sad or uncollected by something

Disposition - the way someone or something looks or acts

Palpable - stomach-sinking terror

Transgression - going against the law

Fret - to be scared or anxious about something

Chastisement - severe criticism/punishment

Petulantly - moody or childish

Droning - for something to seem continuous

Tunic - a loose garment

Tabulated - an arrangement in tabular form

Chortled - laughing

Meticulously - very perfective and attention to small details

Aptitude - suitability of fitness

Wielded: to hold/use

Piecemeal - partial measurements taken over a particular period of time

Crescendo - gradually increasing in volume

Benign - gently, kindly

Jaunty - expressing kindness or bubbliness

Unanimous - fully in agreement with

Fleeting - lasting for a very short time

Throng - densely packed crowd

Unamiouised - official order

Disquieting - a feeling of worry

Prodded - to poke someone with something

Indulgently - to let someone do what they want

Infringed - to break the law

Gravitate - to move towards someone or something

Buoyancy - the ability to float on water

Integral - necessary to make a whole

Conspicuous - clearly visible

Requisitioned - to demand the use of something