Divergent: Chapters 25–31

by Veronica Roth
Tris lives in a society divided into strictly separated factions. Given the chance to change her life, she must keep a dangerous secret from those in power.

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  1. tousle
    disarrange or rumple; dishevel
    Christina and Will walk toward the dormitories, Christina tousling Will’s hair and Will jabbing her in the ribs.
  2. clench
    squeeze together tightly
    He forces breath in and out through an open mouth and his teeth are clenched.
  3. guttural
    relating to or articulated in the throat
    He makes a guttural noise.
  4. propel
    give an incentive for action
    Excitement runs through me like the blood in my veins, propelled by the hope that he might confirm that he is Divergent, that he is like me, that we can figure out what it means together.
  5. lunge
    make a thrusting forward movement
    He yells and lunges at me with outstretched hands, with fingernails that look like claws.
  6. hazardous
    involving risk or danger
    He seems comfortable here, inches above the hazardous water.
  7. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
    “I’m not trying to be self-deprecating,” I say, “I just don’t get it. I’m younger. I’m not pretty. I—”
  8. lunatic
    an insane person
    I feel myself acting like a lunatic, but I can’t stop.
  9. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
    The question comes out too incredulous.
  10. overcompensate
    make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
    He acts so tough that he’s probably afraid of marshmallows and really bright sunrises or something. Overcompensating.
  11. humiliation
    an instance causing you to lose prestige or self-respect
    “Two years ago,” she says, “I was afraid of spiders, suffocation, walls that inch slowly inward and trap you between them, getting thrown out of Dauntless, uncontrollable bleeding, getting run over by a train, my father’s death, public humiliation, and kidnapping by men without faces.”
  12. apprehensive
    in fear or dread of possible evil or harm
    The obstacle won’t be comfortable for me, but because I have been able to manipulate every simulation, not just this one, and because I have already gone through Tobias’s landscape, I am not apprehensive as Lauren inserts the needle into my neck.
  13. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
    And I am someone who does not let inconsequential things like boys and near-death experiences stop her.
  14. norm
    a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
    Erudite faction norms dictate that a faction member must wear at least one blue article of clothing at a time, because blue causes the body to release calming chemicals, and “a calm mind is a clear mind.”
  15. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
    To me the word has a negative connotation.
  16. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
    You are choosing to ignore what we’ve known all our lives—these people are arrogant and greedy and they will lead you nowhere.
  17. reprimand
    censure severely or angrily
    Aren’t you going to reprimand me for abandoning my faction and seeking out my brother?
  18. competence
    the quality of being adequately or well qualified
    I am merely concerned for the competence of our technology.
  19. predatory
    living by preying on other animals
    But the look she gives me reminds me of the look in the attack dog’s eyes in the aptitude test—a vicious, predatory stare.
  20. poised
    marked by balance or equilibrium and readiness for action
    He is not a maniac anymore; he is perfectly controlled, perfectly poised.
  21. monotone
    unvarying in pitch
    “Leave the room,” Eric says, his voice louder and not as monotone.
  22. menacing
    threatening evil or danger
    Eric looks from me to Tobias and laughs, too loudly and for too long—the sound is menacing and grates against me like sandpaper.
  23. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
    Listening to my father insult Erudite all my life has made me wary of them, and my experiences in the Dauntless compound make me wary of authority and human beings in general, so I’m not shocked to hear that a faction could be planning a war.
  24. dissension
    disagreement among those expected to cooperate
    “All those reports are supposed to stir up dissension against Abnegation,” he says, his eyes focused on the city beyond the train car.
  25. coerce
    cause to do through pressure or necessity
    They could coerce some of us into fighting with misinformation, or by appealing to greed—any number of ways.
  26. meticulous
    marked by extreme care in treatment of details
    But the Erudite are as meticulous as they are manipulative, so they wouldn’t leave it up to chance.
  27. inebriated
    stupefied or excited by a chemical substance
    There are people everywhere, and most of them are inebriated by noon.
  28. tremor
    an involuntary vibration, as if from illness or fear
    The thought of my former faction sends a tremor through my hands.
  29. talon
    a sharp hooked claw especially on a bird of prey
    Wings flap next to my ear, and the crow’s talons dig into my shoulder.
  30. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
    I have been attacked by crows and men with grotesque faces; I have been set on fire by the boy who almost threw me off a ledge; I have almost drowned—twice—and this is what I can’t cope with?
  31. askew
    turned or twisted to one side
    Her glasses are askew, and her eyes are empty of feeling.
  32. antiseptic
    thoroughly clean and free of disease-causing organisms
    I look away as Eric wipes my neck with an antiseptic wipe and eases the needle into my skin.
  33. delusion
    a mistaken or unfounded opinion or idea
    “Tris,” he says sternly, “I don’t know what delusion you’re operating under, but this is all new to me, too.”
  34. bolster
    support and strengthen
    We’ve all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own.
  35. ferocity
    the property of being aggressive or forceful
    I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.
Created on Sat Jan 10 19:04:46 EST 2015 (updated Wed Sep 05 15:18:07 EDT 2018)

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