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Giver Vocab Ch 10-14
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 sigh of something bad 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 |
| admonition | (noun): a gentle criticism |
| agony | (noun): extreme pain of the body or mind |
| spares | (adj): very few |
| origin | (noun): the basic source of something |
| significance | (noun): having important |
| isolation | (noun): separation from others |
| mutilate | (verb): to mess up by cutting or destroyting in some other way |
| skeptical | (adj): being doubtful that something is true or is as it appears to be |