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The Giver Ch. 10-13
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 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; gentle criticism |
agony | noun; extreme pain of the body or mind |
sparse | adj; very few |
orgin | noun; the basic source of something |
significance | noun; having importance |
isolation | noun; separation from others |
mutilate | verb; to mess up by destroying or cutting in some other way |
skeptical | adj; being doubtful that something is true or is as it appears to be |