The Giver Ch. 12-16

an act or action of admonishing; authoritative counsel or warning.

• assimilated

• admonition

• assuage

• ominous

take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully.

• assimilated

• admonition

• assuage

• ominous

lasting for a very short time.

• assimilated

• fleeting

• assuage

• ominous

making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy.

• assimilated

• fleeting

• invigorating

• ominous

in a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humor.

• wryly

• fleeting

• invigorating

• ominous

make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.

• wryly

• fleeting

• invigorating

• assuage

having many curves and turns.

• sinuous

• fleeting

• invigorating

• assuage

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.

• sinuous

• fleeting

• invigorating

• ominous

become less intense, violent, or severe.

• subsided

• fleeting

• invigorating

• ominous

making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.

• subsided

• fleeting

• writhing

• ominous