1 Belching, bloating/distention, and flatulence are evaluated with a medical history, simple abdominal X-rays, small intestinal X-rays, gastric emptying studies, ultrasound examination, computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), tests for maldigestion and malabsorption, and hydrogen breath tests.
The adjective dauntless is a variant of the noun daunt, which means to intimidate or cause fear.. Both words are related to another family of D words â dominate, domestic, domain. They all go back to the Latin root domare, which means to tame..
Beatrice, or Tris, is the main character of the book. She is the one who is Divergent-meaning she has aptitude for more than one faction (Abnegation, Dauntless and Erudite). We follow her throughout the story as she goes from a timid Abnegation girl to a top Dauntless member.