The Giver Vocab Ch. 14-23

Front

Writhing

Back

Twisting, squirming movements

Front

Assuage

Back

Make something less intense

Front

Ominous

Back

Feeling that something bad is about to happen

Front

Grotesquely

Back

In a repulsively ugly manner

Front

Ecstatic

Back

Intense joy

Front

Pervaded

Back

Spread throughout

Front

Imploringly

Back

Making an earnest or desperate appeal

Front

Permeated

Back

spread throughout

Front

Ruefully

Back

Expresses sorrow

Front

Luminous

Back

Giving off light