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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 | (adj) Snake-like and wavy. |
| Ominous | (adj) Showing a sign of something bad to come. |
| Irrational | (adj) 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 | (adj) Freezing cold |
| Admotion | (noun) A gentle critism |
| 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 is as it appears to be |