Allegiant: Chapter 45–Epilogue

by Veronica Roth
The final book of the Divergent trilogy is told from the perspectives of both Tris and Tobias as they confront devastating truths from the past and face impossible choices about their future.

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  1. ingrained
    deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
    But we don’t know what state of mind you’ll be in when the death serum begins to take its course, and these codes need to be deeply ingrained.
  2. exasperated
    greatly annoyed; out of patience
    He looks a little exasperated, but he plays along.
  3. bitter
    proceeding from or exhibiting great hostility or animosity
    Or maybe forgiveness is just the continual pushing aside of bitter memories, until time dulls the hurt and the anger, and the wrong is forgotten.
  4. earnest
    devout or heartfelt
    I think of all the remarkable things he is—smart and enthusiastic and observant, quiet and earnest and kind.
  5. guise
    an artful or simulated semblance
    Abnegation was just as broken as the other factions, but its evils were less obvious, cloaked as they were in the guise of selflessness.
  6. appeal
    request earnestly; ask for aid or protection
    They believe there is no reasoning with us, no appealing to our better natures. They decided it would be easier to erase us than to speak with us.
  7. illusion
    an erroneous mental representation
    They gave us the illusion of choice without actually giving us a choice.
  8. abolish
    do away with
    That’s the same thing you’re doing here, by abolishing them. You’re saying, go make choices. But make sure they aren’t factions or I’ll grind you to bits!
  9. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
    “I came to see you instead because . . . because I think there’s a hope of reconciliation between us. Not now, not soon, but someday. And with him there’s no hope, there’s no reconciliation possible.”
  10. ridiculous
    inspiring scornful pity
    It’s a feeble offer and I know it, which is why I’m afraid—afraid that she will refuse to choose, that she will choose power over me, that she will call me a ridiculous child, which is what I am.
  11. invincible
    incapable of being overcome or subdued
    There is nothing that can kill me now; I am powerful and invincible and eternal.
  12. recede
    pull back or move away or backward
    I feel the serum clinging to my skin like oil, but the darkness recedes.
  13. deploy
    use or distribute systematically or strategically
    He thinks I’m here to steal the weapons that will reset the experiments, not deploy one of them.
  14. slack
    not tense or taut
    I try to guard my expression, though I’m sure it’s still slack.
  15. delirious
    experiencing hallucinations
    I know she can’t be alive, but I don’t know if I’m seeing her now because I’m delirious from the blood loss or if the death serum has addled my thoughts or if she is here in some other way.
  16. origin
    the source of something's existence or from which it derives
    I know that change is difficult, and comes slowly, and that it is the work of many days strung together in a long line until the origin of them is forgotten.
  17. squander
    spend thoughtlessly; throw away
    He is afraid that he will not be able to put in that work, that he will squander those days, and that they will leave him worse off than he is now.
  18. retain
    keep in one's mind
    He wants to retain nothing.
  19. principle
    a basic generalization that is accepted as true
    “Sometimes you have to take difficult measures to ensure peace,” Johanna says. “I believe you agree with that, as a principle.”
  20. mocking
    expressing contempt or ridicule
    I’m not sure if it’s a mocking laugh or a disbelieving one.
  21. sentiment
    a personal belief or judgment
    He’s equally capable of either sentiment, an arrogant and deeply suspicious man.
  22. dupe
    fool or hoax
    She told me she couldn’t stand the thought of Marcus duping more people into following him, and I didn’t argue with her.
  23. guarantee
    give surety or assume responsibility
    “In the morning we should gather everyone together and tell them the new plan,” Johanna says. “Can you guarantee a safe gathering?”
  24. shaft
    a column of light
    Most of the time I can tell when people are lying, and this must be a lie, because Tris is still alive, her eyes bright and her cheeks flushed and her small body full of power and strength, standing in a shaft of light in the atrium.
  25. unyielding
    resistant to physical force or pressure
    But when I touch her she is cold, her body stiff and unyielding.
  26. verge
    the limit beyond which something happens or changes
    They are also given the lie: that their memories were erased because of a freak accident, and that they were on the verge of lobbying the government for equality for GDs.
  27. ebb
    fall away or decline
    I find my anger ebbing away, and I’m lost in muffled grief again, this time not just for Tris, but for Uriah, whose smile is burned into my memory.
  28. prosperous
    marked by peace and success
    Matthew told me he hopes people from the fringe will trickle in to fill all the empty spaces, and find there a life more prosperous than the one they left.
  29. fragment
    an incomplete piece
    Tobias Johnson may have lived a dull and empty life, but he is at least a whole person, not this fragment of a person that I am, too damaged by pain to become anything useful.
  30. vial
    a small bottle that contains liquid medicine
    I clutch the vial in my fist, desperate for the relief it offers, the protection from the pain of every memory clawing inside me like an animal.
  31. callous
    emotionally hardened
    Eventually I pull away, but her hands stay on my shoulders, warm and rough with calluses. Maybe just as skin on a hand grows tougher after pain in repetition, a person does too. But I don’t want to become a calloused man.
  32. fringe
    a part of the city far removed from the center
    Tire tracks are worn into the ground now, from the frequent coming and going of people from the fringe moving in and out, or people from the former Bureau compound commuting back and forth.
  33. urn
    a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet
    I glance at the urn perched on the backseat like another passenger.
  34. attempt
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do something
    “He calls Chicago ‘the fourth city—because it was destroyed by fire, ages ago, and then again by the Purity War, and now we’re on the fourth attempt at settlement here.”
  35. politician
    a leader engaged in civil administration
    You’re using your words now,” Evelyn says, wrinkling her nose. “I don’t trust politicians, you know.”
  36. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
    Matthew and I carry her empty chair after her, which is cumbersome and heavy, but not impossible to manage.
  37. relic
    an antiquity that has survived from the distant past
    We enter the lobby, with its gleaming, polished floors and its walls smeared with bright Dauntless graffiti, left here by the building’s residents as a kind of relic.
  38. bicker
    argue over petty things
    Somehow she has become one of the best friends I have, despite our frequent bickering.
  39. damage
    inflict harm upon
    Since I was young, I have always known this: Life damages us, every one.
  40. mend
    restore by putting together what is torn or broken
    But now, I am also learning this: We can be mended. We mend each other.
Created on Thu Feb 04 17:11:20 EST 2016 (updated Wed Sep 05 15:31:55 EDT 2018)

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