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Vocab Giver ch.10-14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assuage | To make easier to handle (such as a burden or a task) |
| sinuous | Snake- like and wavy |
| ominous | Showing a sign of something bad to come |
| irrational | Unable to respond with logic |
| assimilate | To adopt the ways and adapt into a culture or society |
| destination | The goal of a journey |
| frigid | Freezing cold |
| admonition | A gentle criticism |
| agony | Extreme pain of the body or mind |
| sparse | Very few |
| origin | The basic source of something |
| significance | Having importance |
| isolation | Separation from others |
| mutilate | To mess up by cutting or destroying in some other way |
| skeptical | Being doubtful that something is true or is as it appears to be |