Divergent: Chapters 32–39

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. inflict
    impose something unpleasant
    I go over a few ways to inflict maximum injury with minimum force in my head.
  2. swarm
    a group of many things in the air or on the ground
    “Not just a cloud of moths,” she says, “like ... a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and . . .”
  3. eloquence
    powerful and effective language
    “We aren’t big on speeches here. Eloquence is for Erudite,” he says.
  4. pretense
    the act of giving a false appearance
    I wonder if they know that he was an Erudite once; that under all the pretense of Dauntless recklessness and even brutality, he is more like an Erudite than anything else.
  5. erupt
    start suddenly
    At the word “congratulations” the room erupts, not into applause, but into the pounding of fists on tabletops.
  6. thrive
    grow vigorously
    We believe in freedom from fear and in acquiring the skills to force the bad out of our world so that the good can prosper and thrive.
  7. chasm
    a deep opening in the earth's surface
    Drew, who tried to run away while Peter held me by the throat over the chasm, and Molly, who fed the Erudite lies about my father, are factionless.
  8. unison
    the act of occurring together or simultaneously
    It takes me a few seconds to realize that they move in unison, the same foot forward as the same arm swings back.
  9. obedient
    dutifully complying with the commands of those in authority
    So now the entire faction is brain-dead, obedient, and trained to kill.
  10. peripheral
    on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary
    I stand next to the train tracks in a group that stretches as far as I can see with my peripheral vision.
  11. insistent
    demanding attention
    His dark eyes are insistent as he says, “Run.”
  12. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
    She probably wears the glasses out of vanity rather than necessity, because she thinks they make her look smarter—my father said so.
  13. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
    “You, Tobias—or should I call you Four?—managed to elude me,” she says quietly.
  14. deductive
    involving inferences from general principles
    “Your powers of deductive reasoning are stunning,” spits Tobias.
  15. verify
    confirm the truth of
    “Now that your intelligence has been verified, you might want to get on with killing us.”
  16. self-righteous
    excessively or hypocritically pious
    We are tired of being dominated by a bunch of self-righteous idiots who reject wealth and advancement, but we couldn’t do this on our own.
  17. cooperate
    work together on a common enterprise or project
    I am sure that once the remains of your old faction are absorbed into the Dauntless army, Candor will cooperate and we will finally be able to get on with things.
  18. incapable
    not having the temperament or inclination for
    “What I was going to say,” she says, “is that soon, dozens of the Abnegation and their young children will be my responsibility to keep in order, and it does not bode well for me that a large number of them may be Divergent like yourselves, incapable of being controlled by the simulations.”
  19. adjust
    alter or regulate so as to conform to a standard
    So I created a new serum that will adjust your surroundings to manipulate your will.
  20. detached
    no longer connected or joined
    A sound escapes my mouth, not a sob or a scream, but a croaking, scraping moan that sounds detached, like it is coming from someone else.
  21. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
    “Send him to the control room. We’ll want a sentient being there to monitor things and, as I understand it, he used to work there.”
  22. submerge
    put under water
    My mother submerged me in water when I was a baby, to give me to God.
  23. dank
    unpleasantly cool and humid
    My mother has worked there for as long as I can remember, so I’m not surprised when she leads me down a few dark hallways, up a dank staircase, and into daylight again without interference.
  24. surge
    rise rapidly
    Blood surges from a wound in her abdomen, dyeing her shirt crimson.
  25. dismantle
    take apart into its constituent pieces
    Pain stabs through me as everything I am made of collapses, my entire world dismantled in a moment.
  26. stricken
    grievously affected especially by disease
    My father looks momentarily stricken and then recovers himself, averting his glistening eyes and nodding.
  27. preoccupied
    having excessive or compulsive concern with something
    The thought of what comes next has me preoccupied.
  28. subtlety
    the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
    I can count on a few things: There aren’t many Dauntless in the compound, the Dauntless aren’t known for their subtlety, and I’ll do anything to stop them.
  29. protrude
    extend out or project in space
    The lights protrude from the wall, so directly beneath each one is a slit of shadow.
  30. ethics
    motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
    “Now isn’t the time for debates about ethics,” I say.
  31. synchronicity
    the relation that exists when things occur at the same time
    Judging by the synchronicity of their footsteps, they are controlled by the simulation.
  32. unravel
    become undone
    All the tension in my chest unravels, and I sit down, heaving a sigh.
  33. underhanded
    marked by deception
    They wouldn’t side with the Erudite—they would never do something that underhanded.
  34. tendon
    a band of tissue connecting a muscle to its bony attachment
    I run my fingers along the tendons in his hand and look back at him.
  35. disengage
    release from something that holds fast or entangles
    I do not know what life will be like, separated from a faction—it feels disengaged, like a leaf divided from the tree that gives it sustenance.
Created on Sat Jan 10 19:17:00 EST 2015 (updated Wed Sep 05 15:18:29 EDT 2018)

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