Allegiant Chapter 1-11 Vocabulary

Front

affirm

Back

declare solemnly and formally as true

Front

foundation

Back

the basis on which something is grounded

Front

chastise

Back

scold or criticize severely

Front

waver

Back

pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

Front

suspect

Back

imagine to be the case or true or probable

Front

betrayal

Back

the quality of aiding an enemy

Front

testify

Back

give a solemn statement in a court of law

Front

exonerate

Back

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

Front

Turn away or aside. He has kept his eyes ______ since I sat in the chair and they cut the strip of plastic binding my wrists together.

Back

averted

Front

Declare to be true or accept the reality of. “I didn’t want to have to ______ to any weakness,” I say. “And I didn’t want Four to know I was working with his father. I knew he wouldn’t like it.”

Back

admit