Group+1--6-2

=Ellie, Daniel, Tevah, Eli B, Abby=

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.Eli B:page 9: That ingot has set, and here you stand **__Idle.__** Definition:(especially of a machine or factory) not active or in use. 2. Ellie S: page 9: No matter-it was useless to try to **__fathom__** the ways of that Accursed One. Definition: //verb:// if you fathom something you can __understand__ it //noun//: a unit for measuring the depth of #|water. One fathom equals six feet. 3.Eli B: page 28: Their #|eyelids were rimmed and __**elongated**__ almost to their temples with black eye paint, best #|protection against Egypt's glaring sun. Definition: #|unusually long in relation to its width. 4.ElI B: page 45: The vulture wheeling above the slow-moving boats was the **__guttural__** #|sound, "ah." Definition: (of a speech #|sound) #|produced in the throat; harsh-sounding. 5.Eli B: page 67: "as the worm said when the lark #|bit its #|head off," Heqet supplied **__glibly__**. Definition: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially,or insincerely. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ 6.Daniel B: page 15: Rekh was an unimpressive figure, similar in build and feature to a hundred other men, with suggestion of paunch and a foot __maimed__ long ago by a molten metal. Definition: disfigured or deformed. 7.Daniel B: page 33: His legs were massive columns, his face a **__crag__**, with granite-hard jaw and eyes black as chunks of obsidian beneath their painted lids. Definition: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍a jaggered rock‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. 8.Daniel B: page 52: "If I strike it sharply will it not **__mar__** the surface even more?" Definition: to damage or destroy. 9.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Daniel‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ B: page 70: Rapidly Ranofer explained what he suspected about Ibni and the big washing __vats__. Definition: a #|large container, usually for holding #|water. 10. Ellie S: page 29. Gebu had two aspects, one noisily __**jocular**__, one ferociously quiet. Definition: //adjective// joking or a liking to make jokes. 11. Ellie S: page 48: "one half measure to Geryt, together with one twentieth measure of copper and of silver for preparing __**solder**__." definition: //verb// to #|join #|pieces of metal by putting a small #|amount of hot liquid metal between them. 12. Abby: page 44: "Running on fleet, silent feet down the Street of the Crooked Dog, he felt frightened but **jubilant.** Definition: //adjective// feeling or expressing great joy or triumph. 13. Abby: page 33: He was like a figure **hewn** out of one of his own blocks of stone. Definition: //verb// to chop or cut something with an ax, pick, or other kind of tool. 14. Abby: page 7: It might become part of a wide and glittering collar, or the **inlay** on a #|fine dagger... Definition: //noun// a design. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍15. Abby: page 62: one half he ate, the other he knotted into his ragged **sash** as he hurried out if the courtyard Definition: //noun// a piece of cloth worn over one shoulder or around the waist. ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ 16. Tevah N: page 12: ‍‍‍‍‍‍Many times the boy had seen the brown stains next morning still damp and faintly reeking of **__fermentation__**. Definition: a change caused by yeast enzymes.‍‍‍‍‍‍ 17. Tevah N: page 29: Once past the flower fields the lane narrowed to a path that **__meandered__** through the thickets edging the river. Definition: to take an indirect path. 18. Tevah N: page 44: Running on **__fleet__**, silent feet down the Street of Crooked Dog, he felt frightened but jubilant. ‍‍‍‍‍‍Definition:‍‍‍‍‍‍ 19. Tevah N: page 63: However no **__wraithlike__**, human- headed bird appeared. Definition: a ghost like image ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍20.</range id="535993466_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Ellie S: page 60: __**Dismay**__ changed quickly to despair. definition: to lose courage because of sudden danger or trouble.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 5-8:__**
1. Eli B:page 75: Gebu's __**joviality**__ lasted for several days. Definition: <span class="oneClick-link" style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">the state or quality of being cheerful and #|friendly. 2. Eli B:page 93: Glancing at Zahotep **__inquiringly__**, Ranofer picked up the box of sand and squatted near the newly begun socket. Definition: Expecting an answer. 3. Eli B: page 106: Then followed the __**meandering**__ path into the thicket. Definition: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">following a winding course. 4. Eli B: page 121: "But you-" Ranofer __**faltered**__. Definition: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">start to lose strength or momentum. 5. Tevah N: page 75: At last, on the fourth morning close to midday he noticed Heqet <range type="comment" id="535994568_1">‍‍‍‍‍standing</range id="535994568_1">‍‍‍‍‍ close beside Rekh's worktable, **__ostensibly__** watching the goldsmith raise bowl, but actually whispering to him under cover of the hammer taps. Definition: appearing to do so. 6. Tevah N: page 88: Numbly he walked down the familiar streets,past the papyrus marsh, past the beginning of the **__wharves.__** Definition: plural of wharf : structure built on or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc. 7. Tevah N: page 115: Then he produced from another fold of his **__voluminous__** sash one of the cone-shaped fruits of the nelumbo plant. Definition: ample size. 8. Daniel B: page 86: : I, a gutter **__waif__**. Definition: a child who has no home or friends. 9. Daniel B: He learned that sandstoning was even more __**monotonous**__ than sanding the drill. Definition: all the same,<range type="comment" id="535994840_1">‍‍‍‍ lacking </range id="535994840_1">‍‍‍‍variety. 10. Tevah N: page 133: It was not until he reached the ferry docks- now rising high and queer-looking above the shrunken river, with the ferries **__moored__** far out in a basin of mud-that began to realize, first, how tired he was, second, how late it had grown while he stood talking to Zau. Definition: <range type="comment" id="535994568_2">‍‍‍‍‍boat or ship secured to something.</range id="535994568_2">‍‍‍‍‍ 11. Ellie S: Page 75. His stomach ceased **__gnawing__** but his anxieties did not. Definition: //verb// to bite or to keep biting on an object. 12. Ellie S. Page 93: Do you see __**yonder**__ where the finishers are working? definition: //adverb:// Yonder meaning, over there. Example: We are going yonder. 13. Ellie S: Page 112: Heqet stood up too, an impatient scowl on his usually **__amiable__** face. Definition: //adj:// #|friendly, outgoing 14.Ellie S: Page 129: "Or **__Diligence__**? Goldworking is not for the lazy." definition; //adj:// #|Working hard and doing it carefully. 15. Abby: page 75: Ibni was there the same as everyday unconcernedly dumping a sack of raw gold into the **vat.** Defintion: //noun:// a #|large tank or<range type="comment" id="535994954_4">‍‍‍ tub </range id="535994954_4">‍‍‍to hold liquid. 16. Abby: page 88: **<range type="comment" id="535994954_1">‍‍‍Traitorously</range id="535994954_1">‍‍‍** he felt. Defintion: //adj:// Disloyal or backstabbing. 17. Abby: page 102: In the wake of the <range type="comment" id="535994954_2">‍‍‍reapers **scythes** </range id="535994954_2">‍‍‍the black land showed again through the stubble Definition: //noun:// a tool used for cutting crops. 18. Abby: page 118: There they are, ready to be **solderd** to whatever you like. Definition: verb: A mix, or a mixture. 19. Daniel B: page 116: like the dog who confessed he ate the whole bone when the whole **__haunch__** is missing. Definition: the hip area. 20. Daniel B: page 125: The street broadened and the grand __**villas**__ of the judges... Definition: a residence or estate.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 9-12:__**
1. Abby: page 135: Gebu <range type="comment" id="535995890_1">‍‍had</range id="535995890_1">‍‍ not believed the simple truth, that he had forgotten to collect his **wages.** Definition: //noun//: payment. 2. Abby: page 149: Then went across the mud to his **vessel.** Definition: //noun//: A ship or a big boat. 3. Abby: page 169: He had no idea were Gebu kept his firedrill and **tinder**. Definition: //noun:// dry, <range type="comment" id="535995890_3">‍‍flammable material like wood or paper, used for lighting fire. 4. Abby: page 187: <range type="comment" id="535995890_2">‍‍The **prospect** of honey cakes and #|dates, and all the dried fish he could eat, lifted even Ranofer's spirits.</range id="535995890_2">‍‍ Definition: T<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">he possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring. //Noun// 5. Ellie S: page 135: Gebu came into the shop in the middle of the morning snarled **__ill-naturedly__** at Pai and stalked about inspecting the work in a manner that caused every man to bend closer to his chisel or drill and all #|conversation to cease. Definition:ADJECTIVE: Showing <range type="comment" id="535996704_1">‍‍an unkind or unpleasant </range id="535996704_1">‍‍position. 6. Ellie S: page 160: <range type="comment" id="535996704_2">‍‍I'm as great a __**bumbler**__ as I am coward. Definition: To mumble and to speak in a deep, stuttering voice.</range id="535996704_2">‍‍ 7. Ellie S: page 170: Cat of Kheft, by the time he reached the distant doorway he was weak with fright, but he thrust his torch into the flame, made himself wait while it caught well and, whispering what he could remember of the **incantation** against evil spirits, stumbled back the way he had come. Definition: Chanting or uttering words that have magical powers. 8. Ellie S: Page 186: The Ancient gave his high-pitched __**chortle**__ laughter. definition: To chuckle happily or joyfully. 9. Daniel B: page 146: Men came and went along the __**thoroughfare**__; Definition: A pathway or street that leads to another street. 10. Daniel B: page 151: Frantically he __**groped**__ at the #|wall beside him, Definition: <range type="comment" id="535998238_2">‍To feel around with your hands. 11. Daniel B: page 174: ...while he __**doled**__ out cutting sand for old Zahotep's drill. Definition:<range type="comment" id="535998238_1">‍ Dealt </range id="535998238_1">‍out in portions. 12. Daniel B: page 189: ...as the viper said to the __**asp**__? Definition: a kind of snake, usually an Egyption KIng Cobra. 13.Eli B: page 154: <range type="comment" id="535998366_1">He kept a faithful, of **intermittent**, eye on setma.</range id="535998366_1"> Definition: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady. 14. Eli B: page 155: They explained the **__inexplicable__**. Definition: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">unable to be explained or accounted for. 15. Eli B: page 167: a little jar of __**ointment**__. Definition: a smooth oily preparation that is rubbed on the skin for medicinal purposes or as a cosmetic 16. Eli B: page 171: Stumbling with __**fatigue**__ and with the trembling weakness which follows fright. Definition: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">Fatigue is a feeling of weariness, tiredness, or lack of energy. 17. Tevah N: page 136: Then alter it, and hereafter __**heed**__ what I say, or I will find a fireman who will." Definition: to listen 18. Tevah N: page 150: Gebu went out one evening with Ranofer __**doggedly**__ behind him... Definition: persistent in effort; 19. Tevah N: Page 172: He was __**<range type="comment" id="535869848_3">roused**__ </range id="535869848_3">at daybreak by the usual rude dig of <range type="comment" id="535869848_1">Gebus sandle in his rib. Defenition: awaken 20. Tevah N: Page 193: Suddenly, out of sheer **__necessity__**, inspiration came. Definition: required

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 13-16:__**
1. Abby: page 199: He saw a winding pathway, **strewn** with boulders and hardly wider than a man's body. Definition: //Verb:// Things spread around an area. 2. Abby: page 211: Ranofers plunge into the crevice sent him half falling, half jumping, from one to another of the **crude**. Definition: //Adjective:// Raw 3. Abby: page 223: Heqet stopped again, to look out across the empty red **expanse** which had defeated them. Definition: //Noun:// An area, mostly land or sea, that goes on for a long time. 4. Abby: page 241: Several exquisitely **clad** ladies were already bending over her, as well as an old man with a rich gold collar around his neck. Definiton: //Adjective:// Clothed or dressed. 5. Ellie: page 203: He could here crunching and scrapping, an occasional __**guttural**__ curse. Definition: //adjective:// Harsh or sounding hoarse. 6. Ellie: page 215: Heqet nodded, but his nod carried no more __**conviction**__ than did the Ancient's #|voice definition: //noun:// A strong belief 7. Ellie:: page 231: The solider arrived, **__brandishing__** his curved sword at all three of them. definition: //verb:// to shake or wave a weapon. 8.Ellie: page 237: As he did so he heard the Queens voice, abrupt and husky, with a peculiar **__timbre.__** definition: //noun:// a #|sound made by a certain instrument or voice 9. Daniel B: page 209: "Feasting __**yonder**,__ across theriver, with everyone else." Definition: over there 10.Daniel B: page 217: There was a wiker trunk **__ventilated__** by little slated openings. Definition: a room of some sort given fresh air. 11.Daniel B: page 228: ...and reched the palace __**looming**__ far ahead at the streets end. Definition: an object that islooking higher than it actually is 12.Daniel B: page 244: The flooded Nile was once mor dotted with __**ferry** **boats**__... Definition: a boat that carries passengers of other objects. 13. Tevah N: page 207: Ferryboats and private **__barques__** were now putting out from every dock as fast as they could be loaded. Definition: boat 14. Tevah N: page 212: Worse, every inch he moved forward took him nearer to an even more terrible place, the citadel of death itself, the dwelling of the outraged Departed One whose mere **__sentries__** these other creatures were. Definition: Soldiers stationed to guard a place 15. Tevah n: page 229: There were three chariots glittering with gold, and a dozen grooms who were be **__bedecking__** horses with plumes and flowers for the coming procession. Definition: Decorate, adorn beautiful 16. Tevah N: page 241: Hid manner was **__impassive__** and assured, his bearing a noble's. Definition: Not showing emotion 17. Eli B: page 230: and by now __**utterly**__ confused Definition: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">completely and without qualification. 18. Eli B: page 234: Master, he __**stammered**__. Definition:speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words. 19. Eli B: page 242: he __**beckoned**__ quickly to two men who had just come in. Definition: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow. 20. Eli B: page 238: The __**gruff**__ voice of a noble behind her spoke. Definition:(of a voice) rough and low in pitch