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Giver Vocab. 10-14
Chapters 10-14 Giver Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assuage | (verb) To make easier to handle (such as a burden or 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 |
| 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 isn't true or is as it appears to be |
| Admonition | (noun) a gentle criticism |