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Giver Vocab Ch 10-14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assuage | (verb): to make easier to handle (such as a burden or a task) |
| Sinuous | (adjective): snake-like and wavy |
| Ominous | (adjective): showing a sign of something bad to come |
| Irrational | (adjective): unable to reason with logic |
| Assimilate | (verb): to adopt the ways and adapt into a culture or society |
| Destination | (noun): the goal of a journey |
| Frigid | (adjective): freezing cold |
| Admonition | (noun): a gentle criticism |
| Agony | (noun): extreme pain of the body or mind |
| Sparse | (noun): very few |
| Origin | (noun): the basic source of something |
| Significance | (noun): having importance |
| Isolation | (noun): separation from others |
| Mutilate | (verb): to mess up by cutting or destroying in some other way |
| Skeptical | (adjective): being doubtful that something is true or is as it appears to be |