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The Giver ch, 10-14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Assuage (verb) | To make easier to handle (such as a burden or a task) |
| sinuous (adjective) | snake-like and wavy (having the qualities of sinew) |
| ominous (adjective) | showing a sign of something bad to come |
| irrational (adjective) | unable to reason with logic (without sense and reason) |
| assimilate (verb) | to adopt the ways and adapt into a culture or society (to fit in by blending in with everyone else) |
| destination (noun) | the goal of a journey |
| frigid (adjective) | freezing cold |
| admonition (noun) | a gentle criticism |
| agony (noun) | extreme pain of the body or mind |
| sparse (adjective) | very few and far between (infrequent or lightly populated) |
| origin (noun) | the basic source or starting point of something |
| significance (noun) | The quality of being worthy of attention or having importance |
| isolation (noun) | Separation from other, being alone or apart from others |
| mutilate (verb) | to badly damage something by cutting it up or destroying it in some way |
| Skeptical (adjective) | being doubtful that something is true or is as it appears to be |
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