The Giver Vocab

The act of sticking to something physically or figuratively.

• Adherence
• wheedle
• aptitude
• Bewilder

The natural ability to do something

• Chastise
• Chortle
• Aptitude

anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

• Chastise
• Apprehensive

Causing someone to be confused

• Disposition
• Bewilder
• Distraught
• Ponder

Criticize someone for doing something wrong

• Intrigue
• Disposition
• Conviction
• Chastise

To laugh or chuckle

• Chortle
• Intrigue
• Jeer

 A declaration that someone is guilty of a criminal offense, a belief or opinion

• Disposition
• Conviction

The choice and use of words in writing

• Ironic
• Diction
• Palpable
• Ponder

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character

• Disposition
• Prominent
• Transgression

Very Upset

• Ironic
• Palpable
• Distraught
• Vital