Group+1--6-1

=Shira, Elena, Avi, Daniela, Hemingway=

Group Vocabulary List
Directions: Each member of the group must add one significant word to this list from each chapter. It should be a word that you are not familiar with and that you think would be useful to add to your vocabulary. You may not duplicate the words of another group member. On a new line, type your name and the page number where the word is found. Type the sentence with the word underlined. After the sentence, type a definition in your own words. Be sure the definition makes sense in the context.

Example: Mrs. Pransky: page 7: The stream of molten gold flowed smoothly from the __**crucible**__, reflecting in its surface the cloudless blue of the Egyptian sky. Definition: a container used for melting something at a very high temperature.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 1-4:__**
1. Avi Loren: page 10: Ibni only edged closer, ducked his head even further between his shoulders, and scrubbed his hands together __**ingratiatingly.**__ Definition: charming; agreeable; pleasing. 2. Avi Loren: page 32: Obviously there was to be no __**jocularity**__ tonight. Definition: the state or quality of being happy. 3. Shira Amar: page 10: On the bench beside the apprentice lay a coil of wire, finished and ready for its last **__annealing__**. Definition: Heat (metal or glass) and allow it to cool slowly in order to remove internal stresses and ‍‍toughen‍‍ it. 4. Avi Loren: page 82: He scrambled on his feet and darted over to Ranofer with his most __**obsequious**__ and the hateful hand-rubbing. Definition: obedient; dutiful. 5. Avi Loren: page 84: Wenemon dropped his unexpected burden, side-stepped **__disdainfully__**, and entered the courtyard. Definition: to consider beneath someone or something. ‍‍‍6. Elena Eisenstadt: pg. 12: Many times the boy had seen the brown stains next morning, still damp and faintly reeking of **__fermentation__**. Definition: a change, to convert sugar to acid. ‍‍‍7. Elena Eisenstadt: pg. 37: The **__invariable__** reaction to a scene with Gebu had begun to set in, a fatigue so deep it penetrated mind and body alike. Definition: unchanging, no other choices. ‍‍‍8. Elena Eisenstadt: pg. 50: with a grin and a mock **__obeisance__**, Heqet began to arrange logs in the firing box. Definition: a welcoming gesture someone makes (physically).‍‍‍ ‍‍‍9. Elena Eisenstadt: pg. 73: Before Ranofer had time to wonder what he meant he beckoned **__peremptorily__**. Definition: quickly, leaving no room for anything else.‍‍‍ 10. Daniela Barow: pg. 49: Ranofer, flushing hot as he coaxed the flame, could only fume at his own **__bungling__**. Definition: to do something ‍‍clumsily or awkwardly ‍‍ 11. Shira Amar: pg. 38: Winking __**vindictively**__**,** he made for the stairs and vanished up them, taking the torch with him. definition: Having or showing a strong unreasoning desire for revenge 12. Shira Amar: pg. 47: Now I have made you **__solemn__** again. definition: formal and dignified ‍‍13. Shira Amar: pg.70: Ranofer gave an **__involuntary__** shiver.‍‍ definition: done without will or conscious control 14.Hemingway Robinson: pg. 23: ‍‍He //__**GRUDGED**__// admittingly even that relationship.‍‍ to give or permit with reluctance; submit to unwillingly 15.Hemingway Robinson: pg. 35: Ranofer stared at him __BEWILDERED__. completely puzzled or confused; perplexed. 16.Hemingway Robinson: pg. 59: Half an hour later Ranofer sat //HUNCHED// on the rough pavement of the courtyard, trying to stop the bleeding of his nose. ‍‍completely puzzled or confused; perplexed.</range id="535864444_4">‍‍ 17.Hemingway Robinson: pg. 62:<range type="comment" id="535864920_6">‍ it was the soft FLUTTERING of his ‍fathers‍ ba.</range id="535864920_6">‍ <span class="oneClick-link" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">to wave, flap, or toss about 18. Daniela Barow: pg. 45: There on the door step was a **__wickerwork__** basket. Definition: product or material used for making baskets‍‍ out of willow tree. 19. Daniela Barow: pg. 32: Obviously there was to be no **__jocularity__** tonight. Definition: being funny or telling jokes 20. Daniela Barow: pg. 17: When the <range type="comment" id="535864444_7">‍‍Babylonian‍‍ passed this way for the drink he had not wanted four **__ingots__** had been there. Definition: a mass of metal cast in a convenient form for shaping.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 5-8:__**
1. Avi Loren: page 87: He stopped because Gebu was laughing, at first softly in little bursts, then louder, and then in great gales, first doubling <range type="comment" id="535864920_1">‍over and </range id="535864920_1">‍then leaning far back with his chin tipped to the sky, until the courtyard rang with it and the neighbor across the wall flung back his __**lattice**__ and began to curse at the noise. Definition: a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips. 2. Avi Loren: page 97: He learned that sandstoning was even more **__monotonous__** than sanding the drill, and far more fatiguing. Definition: lacking in variety. 3. Avi Loren: page 98: Occasionally Wenamon came with Gebu and they would __**pore**__ over some linen scroll together. Definition: to meditate or think about intently. 4. Avi Loren: page 102: Each winter the waters withdrew, leaving behind a thick new layer of mud so black and fertile that two crops <range type="comment" id="535864920_2">‍grew </range id="535864920_2">‍in Egypt while other lands __**eked**__ out one. Definition: manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty. 5. Elena: (Pg. 78) ... The ba of some long dead pharaoh was now starving and __**DESTITUTE**__ in the land of the west... Definition: not having food clothing and shelter. 6. Elena: (Pg. 94) It is everywhere at once, that eye, if it sees you __**IDLING**__ you'll soon find why he carries that stick. Definition: doing nothing and being lazy. 7. Elena: (Pg. 108) "I do!" Ranofer flashed him a __**BELLIGERENT**__ look. Definition: an aggressive or warlike look. 8. Elena: (Pg. 127) He forgot even his self __**RECRIMINATION**__ as his eye fell on the object lying on Zau's table. Definition:<range type="comment" id="535864920_3">‍ accusing someone.</range id="535864920_3">‍ 9. Shira Amar: (page 81) It is something, but I did not mean to __**pry**__. Definition: i<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">nquire too closely into a person's private affairs <range type="comment" id="535864920_4">‍10. Shira Amar: (page 101) **__Incredulous__**, he let out his long-held breath. Definition: the opposite of credulous, which means "believing too easily." Both words come from the Latin word credere, which means "to believe."</range id="535864920_4">‍ 11. Shira Amar: (page 114) Ranofer stepped back as Heqet **__triumphantly__** began arranging the food in two piles. Definition: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">having won a battle or contest; victorious 12. Shira Amar: (page 131) After a moment of Zau rose from his knees and carried the gold collar to a fire __**smoldering**__ in a small hooded furnace. Definition: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">burn slowly with smoke but no flame 13. Daniela Barow: (page 108)<range type="comment" id="535864920_7">‍ It </range id="535864920_7">‍sounded too __**improbable**__, it was safer not told-not yet. Definition: unlikely to be true or happen. 14 Daniela Barow: ( page 75) Anxiety caused him to make so many __**blunders**__ the rest of the day that the whole <range type="comment" id="535864920_5">‍shops</range id="535864920_5">‍ attention irritably focused on him. Definition: to make a gross or stupid mistake, especially through carelessness or mental confusion. 15. Daniela Barow: (page 100) <range type="comment" id="535865566_1">The __**malevolent**__ of the unburied roamed at will seeking mischief they could do.</range id="535865566_1"> Definition: evil; harmful; injurious. 16. Daniela Barow: (page 130) Zau's ragged eyebrows lifted __**arrogantly**__. Definition: a sense of superority, self importance, or entitlement. 17.Hemingway Robinson: pg.75: <range type="comment" id="535865566_2">at least on the fourth morning, close to midday,he noticed Hequet standing close beside Rekh's work table, OSTENSIBLY watch the goldsmith raise a bowl, but actually whispering to him undercover of the hammer taps. 1. outwardly appearing as such; proffessed; pretended 2. apparent, evident, or conspicuous</range id="535865566_2"> <range type="comment" id="535865566_3">18.Hemingway Robinson: pg. 88: Nubly he walked down familiar streets, past the papyrus marsh, past the beginning of the __WHARVES.__ A. A riverbank. B the shore of the sea. 19.Hemingway Robinson: pg:102 Each winter the waters withdrew, leaving behind a thick new layer of mud so black and fertile that two crops grew in Egypt while other lands __EKED__ out one. __to increase, largen, lengthen.__ 20.Heingway Robinson: pg:118. Then You boil them in pickle and wash them in water, and there they are, ready to be __**SOLDERED**__ to whatever you like. <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1. <span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> any of various alloys fused and applied to thejoint between metal objects to unite them withoutheating the objects to the melting point. </range id="535865566_3">

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 9-12:__**
1. Avi Loren: page 136: "It is easy enough to alter the coffin," Pai answered __**sulkily**__. Definition: behaving in a gloomy or dull way. 2. Avi Loren: page 139: He glanced questioningly at the Ancient, who was old and must therefore know a great deal about <range type="comment" id="535865566_4">everything,</range id="535865566_4"> but he found the old man looking both thoughtful and __**dubious**__. Definition: being doubtful. 3. Avi Loren: page 141: "Who takes notice of boys? Especially __**ragamuffin**__?" Definition: a person, usually a child, in ragged, dirty clothes. 4. Avi Loren: page 142: Heqet, the __**irrepressible**__, glared at him an instant and then growled deep in his throat like some very small, fierce dog. Definition: <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">not able to be controlled. <range type="comment" id="535865566_7">5. Shira Amar: (page 138) Ranofer thrust the scroll onto the shelf and hurried back to his work, filled again with the hope that he had thought almost **__quenched__** yesterday <range type="comment" id="535865566_5">Definition: exitinguish (a fire) </range id="535865566_5"> 6. Shira Amar (page 160) After all, he thought **__exasperatedly__**.... Definitin: irritate<range type="comment" id="535865566_6"> intensely</range id="535865566_6">; infuriate 7. Shira Amar: (page 177) It was Setma and that Gebu of yours **__quarreling__**. Definition: have an angry argument or disagreement 8. Shira Amar: (page 191) "......would have thought they strolled into the shed **__merely__** to find shade while they thought they exchanged a few civilities." Definition: just; only</range id="535865566_7"> 9. Daniela Barow: (page 137) "My __**coppers**__ made can not have made all that difference. Definition: currency or money. 10. Daniela Barow: (page 159) The street was as black, as threatening, as __**enigmatic**__ as before. Definition: perplexing or mysterious. 11. Daniela Barow: (page 171) He sprang to his feet, then froze at the sound of a muffled crash upstairs, followed by a streem of Oths. Definition: an unclear sound. 12. Daniela Barow: (page 185) "What are you doing here?" Ranofer stammered. Definition: having a stutter or not speaking clearly. 13. Daniela Barow: (page 185) Hequet was as full of talk as ever, and either failed to notice that Ranofer said little, or __**tactfully**__ ignored the fact. Definition: carefully, well planned with out raising suspicion. 14.Hemingway Robinson: pg:141 an expression of such **CONCEITED** Hauteur that both Ranofer and the ancient burst out laughing. <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1. <span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> having an excessively favorable opinion of ones abilities, appearance. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 13-16:__**
1. Avi Loren: page 202: It stretched before him, a wasteland of glaring red hills rising from a giant's block pile of tumbled boulders-desolate, barren and __**ominously**__ still. Definition: threatening. 2. Avi Loren: page 203: In **__consternation__** he scanned the cluster of rocks where he had seen them only a moment before, then broke into a run. Definition: fear, panic, or fright. 3. Avi Loren: page 205: Once more, even Gebu and Wenemon seemed companions **__fervently__** to be desired. Definition: having or showing great enthusiasm. 4. Avi Loren: page 206: At that moment a gust of wind swept across the sands, there was a loud clapping and beating, and from behind the rock pile a huge black form with outstretched wings rose **__cumbersomely__**, tilting and flapping directly toward him. Definition: clumsy. 5. Shira Amar: (pg. 193) Heqet's face fell **__ludicrously__**. Definition: so foolish, unreasonable, or out of place to be amusing; ridiculous 6. Shira Amar: (pg. 204) His **__groping__** hand touched a second projection not quite an arm length below the first. Definition: feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands 7. Shira Amar: (pg. 218) As Ranofer looked into their quiet golden faces the stealthy sounds of **__plundering__** in the next room became horrible to him. Definition: steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder. 8. Shira Amar: (pg. 229) There were three chariots glittering with gold, and a dozen grooms who were **__bedecking__** horses with plumes and flowers for the coming procession. Definition: decorate 9.Hemingway Robinson : pg:203 in CONSTERNATION he scanned the cluster of rocks where he had seen them only a moment before, then broke into a run. <span style="color: #666666; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1. a sudden, alarming amazement or dread thatresults in utter confusion; dismay. 10.Hemingway Robinson: pg:212 Ranofer was seized by the CONVICTION that he was moving along a slim bridge. 1. <span class="oneClick-link" style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">a fixed or firm belief:

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