Group+2--6-1

=Mai, Izzy, Isaac, Natasha=

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. Natasha. page 9. Besides, his taskes where those of a **__hireling__**; no matter how expertly he did them. Definition: someone who is employed to do small jobs. 2. Isabella J. Page 12: **__‍‍Stoppers__** get the oil jug with nervous fingers, rannofer watched him sidle past the wire-makers bench, to the big water jar, get him self a drink twonbrief to intricate real thirst, then go back through the rear door to his job of washing the raw gold.‍‍ Definition: use a stopper to seal (a bottle or other container). "a small stoppered jar" 3. Isaac B. Page 17: **__Ladling__** water into his bowl of sweepings from the big water jar, he wondered how he could prove it. Definition: to ladle is to dip or pour 4. Natasha. Page 44. Running on fleet, silent feet down the street of the crooked dog, he felt frightened but __**jubilant.**__ ‍‍‍definition‍‍‍: feeling or expressing triumph or happiness 5. Mai S: page 24. Scarcely knowing where he stepped, he __**blundered**__ his way to the far end of the courtyard and spread his sweepings on a sun-warmed sheep hide to dry. ‍‍Defenition:‍‍ to move clumsily or as if unable to see 6. Mai S: page 43. Gebu sold her at the common slave market to pay for __**funerary**__ arrangements. Definition: relating to a funeral or the commemoration of the dead 7. Mai S: page 71. ‍‍Ran offer ‍‍stopped, __**aghast**__. Definition: filled with horror or shock 8. Isabella J. page 28: Turning from the Street of the Goldsmiths, Ranofer entered a ‍‍sun-backed ‍‍thoroughfare **thronged** with workers from every part of the City of the Dead-artisans, laborers, apprentices ‚ —whose guttural speech and varied odors filled the air around him. Definition: Packed or Filled "The auditorium was ** thronged **with people 9.natasha. Page 51. Ranofer waited until he thrust it into the fire for __**annealing**__, and made careful note of the exact dull red it reached before it was pulled out again. ‍‍‍definition‍‍‍: Heat and allow it to cool slowly, in order to toughen it 10. Isabella J. Page 46: **__‍‍Bouyant__** ‍‍with hope, he turned into the street of the Goldsmiths. Definition: not easily depressed; cheerful. cheering or invigorating 11. Isaac B. Page 29: Once past the flower fields the lane narrowed to a path that **__meandered__** through a thicket edging the river. Definition: to meander is to wander 12. Isaac B. Page 50: Rekh would think of him a **__dullard__**, unfit to learn the goldsmith's trade. Definition: stupid person 13. Isaac B. Page 65: <range type="comment" id="535868286_5">‍‍You connotation **__solder__** gold with gold.</range id="535868286_5">‍‍ Definition: to fuse or unite 14.natasha. Page 64. Pointing __**irascibly,**__ straight up, <range type="comment" id="535634770_3">‍‍‍Sata</range id="535634770_3">‍‍‍ walked away. <range type="comment" id="535634770_4">‍‍‍definition</range id="535634770_4">‍‍‍: marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger. 15. Isabella J. page 72: He snatched the wineskin and stalked by the Babylonian, taking pleasure in **treading** on his toe as he passed. Definition: <range type="comment" id="535868286_4">‍‍walk in a specified way.</range id="535868286_4">‍‍ 16. Mai S. page 38: winking __**vindictivley,**__ he made for the stairs and vanished up them, taking a torch with him. <range type="comment" id="535868286_8">‍‍Defenition</range id="535868286_8">‍‍: having or showing an unreasoning desire for revenge. 17. 18. 19. 20.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 5-8:__**
1. Isabella J. page 84: Ibni, picking himself up, was **shrilling** venomously. Definition: speak or cry with a <range type="comment" id="535868638_1">‍shrill voice.</range id="535868638_1">‍ Example: For God's sake!" shrilled Jill 2. Natasha. page 81. <range type="comment" id="535868638_4">‍Scarcely touching the ground in his **rapture**, Ranofer sped through the City of the Dead to Abas shop and from there to the long, low shed in the market place where the dealers in natron and spices and iniceness sold their wares. defenition: a feeling of intense pleasure or joy</range id="535868638_4">‍ 3.Natasha. Page 95. His task was so small, so __**monotonous**__, and so utterly lacking in interest that he found it almost impossible to keep even part of his mind on it. <range type="comment" id="535868638_5">‍defenition</range id="535868638_5">‍: dull and lacking in interest. 4. Natasha. Page 112. Heqet stood up too, an impatient scowl on his usually __**amiable**__ face. <range type="comment" id="535868638_6">‍defenition: having or displaying </range id="535868638_6">‍a friendly and pleasant manner. 5. Natasha. Page 125. __**Diffidently**__ Ranofer raised the latch, opened the gate just wide enough for them both to squeeze through, and closed it carefully behind them. <range type="comment" id="535868638_7">‍definition</range id="535868638_7">‍: when someone doesn't have confidence in themselves or what they are doing. 6. Mai S. Page 88. Numbly he walked down familiar streets, past the papyrus marsh, past the beginning of the **__wharves__**. Definition: a platform of timber, stone, concrete, etc, built parallel to the waterfront at a harbour ornavigable river for the docking, loading, and unloading of ships. 7. Mai S. page 108: "I am learning, I think. As the hare said when he tried to fly," Hequet added **__wryly__**. Definition: describes something that is done in a<range type="comment" id="535868638_8">‍ wry manner </range id="535868638_8">‍(like making a clever comment or witty observation). 8. Mai S. page 129: Placing both long, strong hands on his knees, he **__scrutinized__** Ranofer. Definition: examine or inspect closely and <range type="comment" id="535868638_9">‍throughly.</range id="535868638_9">‍ 9. Mai S. Page 75: Gebu's **__joviality__** lasted for several days, and as was usual during these periods, Ranofer fared better as to food. Definition: cheerful and friendly. <range type="comment" id="535868638_10">‍10. Isaac B. Page 78: …copper brown figures **__writhing__** against the white wall. definition: squirm and/or twist. 11. Isaac B. Page 92: …box of black sand near the **__alabaster__** slab. definition: form of pale gypsum (a white stone). 12. Isaac B. Page 104: …he added, spitting **__contemptuously__** in the dust. definition: scornfully 13. Isaac B. Page 121: …–another **__drover__** took his place. definition: cattle dealer</range id="535868638_10">‍ 14. Isabella J. page 97: He learned that sandstoning was even more monotous than sanding the drill, and far more __**fatiguing.**__ Definition: tiring 15. Isabella J. Page 102: <range type="comment" id="535868638_2">‍The cool days of winter passed, and the face of Egypt changed in accordance with the rhythm of the Nile, that **__miraculous__** river which brought new life and wealth each year to the long valley it watered.</range id="535868638_2">‍ Definition: Amazing 16. Isabella J. Page 118: <range type="comment" id="535868638_3">‍All through the spring, while the heat **__swelled__** and the river shrank...</range id="535868638_3">‍ Definition: Increased 17. 18. 19. 20.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 9-12:__**
1. Natasha. Page 146. The sunset light faded, the streets grew __**dusky**__, and still Gebu did not appear. defenition: darkish in colour. 2. Natasha. Page 150. Surely something was **__afoot__** this time! defenition: about to happen or just beginning. 3. Mai S. Page 141. "Who takes notice of boys? Especially **__ragamuffin__**?" definition: a person in ragged or dirty clothing 4. Mai S. Page 169. It was a sound on the street outside that **__roused__** Ranofer. Definition: <range type="comment" id="535869848_2">to any someone or something, to get them annoyed.</range id="535869848_2"> 5. Mai S. Page 176. The ancient chuckled as suddenly Ranofer's attention **__riveted__** on him. definition: <range type="comment" id="535869848_4">attract or directv</range id="535869848_4"> 6. Mai S. Page 193. Hequt's face fell **__ludicrously__**. Definition: foolish or unreasonable 7.Natasha. Page 172. Ranifer __**groped**__ for it and, rubbing his eyes with wis knuckles, stumbled across the courtyard still asleep. definition: feeling around uncertainly and blindly. 8. Isaac B. Page 146: <range type="comment" id="535869848_5">when he turned at the edge of the **__thoroughfare__**, Ranofer was sure he was headed now where //but// the street of the crooked dog.</range id="535869848_5"> definition: road, path 9. Isaac B. Page 156:<range type="comment" id="535869848_6"> …only to **__emphasize__** the blackness of Egypt… definition: Value (v)</range id="535869848_6"> 10. Isabella J. Page 144: He Might not even remember about the //**khefts**//. definition: A kheft is like a ghost/spirit 11. Isabella J. Page 169. When the door was closed a __**Jagged**__ crack would show plainly between the two lumps. Definition: something Ruff 12. Isabella J. Page 148. ... Ranofer was the first to reach the little green room in the __**thicket**__. Definition: A group of plants/bushes. 13 I sabella J. Page 189. ...Heqet said __**wryly**__.... Definition: said bitterly 14. Natasha. Page 191. He was pretending to look at the pots, strolling around **idly**, you know, but really he was waiting. defenition: with no purpose or reason. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 13-16:__**
1. natasha. Page 209. I'll **__wager__** that's where he is this very minute, trailing those villains across that place.... defenition: it is a former word for bet. 2. Natasha. Page 217. It was like seeing some innocent, happy creature lying murdered, victim of Gebus **__callous__** greed. defenition: having a insensative and cruel disregard for others. 3. Natasha. Page 224. As __**coherently**__ as he could Ranofer panted out his story. defenition: logically, consistent and everything matching up. 4. Natasha. Page 237. .....Qu-nefar Stepped into a spacious room radiant and light and __**thonged**__ with people. defenition: full and crowded, 5. Mai S. Page 203. He could hear crunching and scraping, an occasional **__guttural__** curse. Definition: gravelly, harsh, or rough-sounding 6. Mai S. Page 214. The thieves footsteps came echoing back to Ranofer **__eerily.__** Definition: frightening 7. Mai S. Page 242. "These men", the count said before Ranofer, "are of my household **__retinue__**". Definition: a group of advisors or assistants 8. Mai S. Page 248. And at his side walked a **__vertable__** pharaoh of a donkey. Definition: honest, or true 9. Isabella J: Page 199: .... he saw a winding pathway, __**s****trewn**__ with boulders... Definition: scatter or spread 10. Isabella J: Page 211: Ranofers __**plunge**__ into the crevice... Definition: Drop 11.Isabella J: Page 225: "What **__ails__** you"? Definition: Troubles 12. Isabella J: Page 236: **__Bewildered__** and suddenly uneasy... Definition: Confuzed 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.