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Chapter 10-14 Vocab
| 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 |
| assimilate | (verb) to adopt the ways and adapt into a culture or soceity |
| destination | (noun) the goal of journey |
| frigid | (adjective) freezing cold |
| admonition | (noun) a gentle criticism |
| agony | (noun) extreme pain of the body or mind |
| sparse | (adjective) 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 |