Giver Vocab Ch 10-14
Flashcard maker : Lily Taylor
Term | Definition |
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Assuage | (Verb) To make easier to handle (A burden or a task) |
Sinuous | (Adjective) Snake-like and wavy |
Ominous | (Adjective) Showing a sign of something bad to come |
Irrational | (Adjective) Unable to reason with logic |
Assimilate | (Verb) To adopt the ways and adapt into a culture or a society |
Destination | (Noun) The goal of a journey |
Frigid | (Adjective) Freezing cold |
Admonitation | (Noun) A gentle criticism |
Agony | (Noun) Extreme pain of the body or mind |
Sparse | (Adjective) Very few |
Origin | (Noun) The basic source of something |
Signifigance | (Noun) Having importance |
Isolation | (Noun) Separation from others |
Mutilate | (Verb) To mess up by cutting or destroying in some other way |
Skeptical | (Adjective) Being doubtful that something is true or is as it appears to be |