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The Giver Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Assuage | (verb) To make easier to handle (such as a burden or a task) |
Sinous | (adj) snake-like and wavy |
Ominous | (adj) showing a sign of something bad to come |
Irrational | (adj ) unable to reason with logic |
Asslimilate | (Verb) To adopt the ways an adapt into a culture or society |
destination | (noun) the goal of a journey |
frigid | (adj) freezing cold |
Admonition | (noun) a gentle criticism |
Agony | (noun) extreme pain of the body or mind |
Sparse | (adj) 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 | (adj) being doubtful that something is true or as it appears |