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Lit.giverunit4
Literature Unit 4 Vocabulary The Giver
| word | meaning |
|---|---|
| admonition | to advise, or caution; a gentle reproof |
| anguish | to inflict distress or pain: suffering |
| assuage | to make milder; relieve; soothe, and calm |
| fretful | marked by worry and distress; troublesome |
| hueless | a gradation of color; tint |
| irrational | without the faculty of reason |
| isolation | a state of separation between persons or groups |
| ominous | portending evil or harm; having the significance of an omen |
| stench | an offensive smell or odor |
| torrent | a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence |