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The Giver vocab V4
Term | Definition |
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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 |
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 |
significant | (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 |