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Giver #4
Vocab words 10-14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Assuage | To make easier to handle |
| sinuous | snake-like and wavy |
| ominous | showing a sign of something bad to come |
| irrational | unable to reason 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 and far between |
| origin | the basic source or starting point of something |
| isolation | Separation from other, being alone or apart from others |
| mutilate | to badly damage something by cutting it up or destroying it in some way |
| skeptical | being doubtful that something is true or is as it appears to |
| Significance | noun) The quality of being worthy of attention or having importance Example: The Declaration of Independence is a document of great significance. |