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=Alyssa, Maya R, Eli K, Sarah, Noah B=

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. Maya Rosenthal: page 10: It was a circular slab of stone, held up in a vise and pierces up with holes of **__diminishing__** sizes. Definition to gradually get smaller, decrease

2. Maya Rosenthal: page 27: Its low mud brick buildings formed a broad belt between the green fields at the riverside and the strip of desert at the foot of the western cliffs, spreading north almost to the cliffs' curve, giving way in the south to high walled gardens and the __**villas**__ of rich noble men, which clustered around the dazzling white pile of Pharaoh's palace. Definition: an estate owned, and taken care of by a rich/very wealthy person.

3. Eli Kofman: page 10: Ibni only edged closer, ducked his head even farther between his shoulders, and scrubbed his hands together **__ingratiatingly__**. Definition: to deliberately try to get someone's favor or approval

4. Maya Rosenthal: page 58: Dancing, parties, mad **__frivolity.__** Definition: doing ‍without reason, care free

5. Maya Rosenthal: page 62: On it was a was a plate containing two bread loaves, half an onion, and the __**scanty**__ remnants of salted fish, the leavings from Gebu's breakfast. Definition: small amount of something

6. Sarah Miller: page 12: Many times the boy had seen the brown stains next morning, still damp and faintly reeking of **fermentation**. Definition: ‍something in the act of spoiling or going sour

7. Sarah Miller: page 30: He had reached the true marsh now, where thicket gave way entirely to the dense fringe of papyrus growing in the shallow **__margins__** of the Nile. Definition: ‍space close to the border of something

8. Sarah Miller: page 47: This Heqet must be the __**drollest**__ fellow in Egypt. Definition: amusing in an odd way

9. Sarah Miller: page 62: __**Scrupulously**__ he divided the food in half, taking pains even with the crumbs. Definition: minutely careful

10. Eli Kofman: Page 59: His face was rock-hard, save for the **__convulsively__** winking eye. Definition: involuntary movements

11. Eli Kofman: Page 67: "As the worm said when the lark bit its head off," Heqet supplied **__glibly__**. Definition: without thought

12. Alyssa Chelder: Page 11: "Did he not speak at all when you handed the **__wineskin__** to him?" Definition: An animal skin sewed up and used as a holder for wine

13. Alyssa Chelder Page 28: Ranofer entered a sun-baked thoroughfare **__thronged__** with workers......... Definition: Fill or to be present

14. Alyssa Chelder Page 60: He moved on up the stair leaving Ranofer **__aghast.__** Definition: Filled with horror or shock

15. Noah Beitler page 57‍ with the familiar reek of the Nile and the pungent smell of the Embalmers Definition: someone who job is to preserve dead body's‍

16. Noah Beitler page 36 "It is more too. I earn five **__Deben__** a month and give you all of it." Definition: the **__Deben__** was a unit was of weight

17. Alyssa Chelder page 62: It was no more than a shallow alcove **__hewn__** into the face of the cliff......... Definition: Chop or cut with an axe, pick axe or another tool

18. Noah Beitler page 57‍ the shops hot oder of molten gold had given way to the fragrance fragrance of **__lotus‍__** Definition: a plant most comonly know as seaside bird's-foot trefoil

19. Eli Kofman: page 33: With fumbling hands he __**extricated**__ the wilting blossom from the folds of his sash. definition: to free something or someone from difficulty

20. Noah Beitler page 29 The ground turned marshy here; patches of sedge and papyrus that __**‍meanderd**__ ‍through thickets edging the river. definition: to take an indirect path

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 5-8:__**
1. Maya Rosenthal: Page 76: ‍All day Ranofer went about his duties mechanically, forcing himself to __**abide**__ by his own decision that he and Heqet should not be seen in conversation.‍ Definition: tolerate, put up with

2. Maya Rosenthal: Page 88: Then with a longing glance ahead at the corner where he had always turned to go to Rekh's, he turned unwillingly, **__traitorously__** he felt into a different street, walked past different shops and laboratories and warehouse, and stepped at last before the long open shed that was Gebu's stonecutting shop. Definition: feeling not loyal, like a traitor

3. Maya Rosenthal: Page 102: Islands dissapeared and men and animals walked about their business on a crisscross network of __**dykes.**__ Definition: a water barrier

4. Maya Rosenthal: Page 125: There was no dust, much quiet, and a __**pervading**__ fragrance of flowers and wealth. Definition: to spread

5. Alyssa Chelder page 75: The whole shop's attention was __**irritably**__ focused on himself. Definition:Showing or having Short temper

6. Alyssa Chelder page 95: More to fight __**inattention**__ than because he wanted to know. Definition: Not paying attention, distracted

7. Alyssa Chelder page 102: In the wake of the reapers' __**scythes**__ the black land showed again through the stubble. Definition: A tool used for cutting grass.

8. Noah Beitler page 95 his task was so small, so __**monotonous**__, and utterly lacking in interest that he found it almost imposible to keep even a part of his mind on it. Definition to lack variety.

9. Eli Kofman: Page 76: Ibni, picking himself up, was shrilling __**venomously**__. Definition: violently

10. Eli Kofman: Page 93: Glancing at Zahotep **__inquiringly__**, Ranofer picked up the box of sand and squatted near the newly begun socket. Definition: looking for knowledg and information, curious

11. Eli Kofman: Page 108: " I do!" Ranofer flashed him a **__belligerent__** look. Definition: hostilely, aggressively

12. Eli Kofman: Page 127: He forgot even his self-**__recrimination__** as his eye fell on the object lying on Zau's table. Definition: an angry statement where someone acusses or criticizes someone who accused or criticized him

‍13. Sarah Miller: page 89: Here in the shop only great sarcophagi were built, and blocks of stone **__roughhewn__** to size, ready for the sculptors. Definition: crudely shaped

14. Sarah Miller: page 102: Every available man went out into the fields to gather in the gold of grain and **__fodder__**. Definition: crop that can be food

15. Sarah Miller: page 125: **__Diffidently__** Ranofer raised the latch, opened the gate just wide enough for both to squeeze through, and closed it carefully behind them. Definition: shyly, not sure of himself‍

‍16. Noah Beitler page 88 Numbly he walked down familiar streets, past the papyrus marsh, past the beginning if the __**wharves.**__ definition: a structure that is built into the river so boats can load or unload cargo or rest.

17. Noah Beitler page 89 Near where he stood an old man squatted on his on his haunches beside a great slab of **__alabaster.__** Definition: a white stone that is used to make vases‍

18. Noah Beitler page 94 Eh Pai was not looking that time, but beware of **__idleness__** and dreaming, young one. Definition: not working or doing their job

19. Alyssa Chelder page 120: Makes him a **__dullard__** and near breaks his back every day. Definition: A person who is slow, or stupid

20. Sarah Miller: page75: He noticed Heqet standing close beside Rekh's worktable, __**ostensibly**__ watching the goldsmith raise a bowl. Definition: only appearing to do something

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 9-12:__**
1. Maya Rosenthal: Page 141: Hequet snatched up a bunch of grapes and held them across his ‍throat‍ like a necklace, meanwhile assuming an expression of conceited __**hauteur**__ that both Ranofer and the Ancient burst out in laughter. Definition: rude, in an arrogant way

2. Maya Rosenthal: Page 148: The following midday Ranofer was the first to reach the little green room in the __**thicket.**__ Definition: dense shrubs or bushes

3. Maya Rosenthal: Page 169: It was a sound on the street outside that __**roused**__ Ranofer. Definition: ‍scared, became aware, brought to surprise

4. Sarah Miller: page 136: He had become **__superficially__** familiar with these drawings. Definition: understanding only the obvious

5. Sarah Miller: page 154: He kept a faithful, if __**intermittent**__ eye on Setma, too. Definition: stopping and starting at random intervals

6. Sarah Miller: page 172: Gebu roared some blurred **profanity** in answer. Definition: vulgar speech or action

7. Sarah Miller: page 194: __**Profoundly**__ disturbed__,__ Ranofer scarcely knew what he did all afternoon at the shop. Definition: embedded in thoughts or knowledge

8. Maya Rosenthal: page 185: Hequet was full of talk as ever, and either failed to notice that Ranofer had said little, or **__tactfully__** ignored the fact. Definition: <range type="comment" id="535800112_12">‍ appropriately

9. Noah Beitler page 142 "Aye, of __**inestimable**__ value," the old man crackled shaking his head <range type="comment" id="535800112_13">‍ until his threadlike hair quavered. Definition: to great to calculate</range id="535800112_13">‍

10. Noah Beitler page 160. <range type="comment" id="535800112_14">‍He had not mentioned nothing of his nocturnal **__fiasco__** to Heqet or the Ancient, and now he was glad, very

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11. Eli Kofman: Page 142: "Aye, of inestimable value," the old man crack, shaking his head until his threadlike hair **__quavered__**. Definition: to shake or tremble

12. Eli Kofman: Page 168: Only then did he see that it had been sealed with a lump of clay and marked with a clear imprint of Gebu's **__scarab__** ring, an imprint which was now half broken away by the door's having been opened. Definition: a large dung beetle

13. Noah Beitler page 157: __**<range type="comment" id="535971862_2">avant**__,</range id="535971862_2"> ye dead woman who comes in the darkness who enters stealthily with with nose behind face turned backward. definition: before

14. Noah Beitler page 173: He remarked **__laconically.__** definition: <range type="comment" id="535971862_1">terse

15. Eli Kofman: Page 177: The ancient nodded in a **__conspiratorial__** manner, winked his one ey, and chuckled again as he led Ranofer to the lane where his donkey was snuffling morosely along the baked roadside ditch in search of a blade of something green. Definition: evilly, unlawfilly or secretly

16.Eli Kofman: Page 193: Suddenly, out of sheer **__necessity__**, inspiration came. Definition: required

17. Alyssa Chelder page 136: Then alter it, and **__hereafter__** heed what I say, or I will find a foreman who will. Definition: From now on

18. Alyssa Chelder page 159: The street was black, as threatening, as **__enigmatic__** as before. Definition: Hard to understand, mysterious

19. Alyssa Chelder page 181: Ranofer thought he could guess the causes of this strange **__preoccupation__**, and his guesses gave him considerable satisfaction. Definition: The state of being preoccupied, or engrossed in something

20. Alyssa Chelder page 187: The **__prospect__** of honey cakes and dates, and all the dried fish he could eat, lifted even Ranofer's spirits. Definition: The possibility or likelyhood of some future event occurring

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 13-16:__**
1. Sarah Miller: page 203: In __**consternation**__ he scanned the rocks where he had seen them only a moment before. Definition: fear because of danger

2. Sarah Miller: page 211: <range type="comment" id="535800112_15">‍As he hesitated, eyes stretched wide in a __**futile**__ effort to something, anything, a dim glow of light shone far ahead of him. Definition: failed</range id="535800112_15">‍

3. Sarah Miller: page 228: There it suddenly **__riveted__**__.__ Definition: direct someone's attention

4. Sarah Miller: page 248: And at his side walked a __**veritable**__ pharaoh of a donkey. Definition: true

5. Maya Rosenthal: page 202: It stretched before him a wasteland of glaring red hills rising from a giants block pile of tumbled borders- __**desolate**__ barren and ominously still. Definition: abandoned, gloomy, lonely

6. Maya Rosenthal: page 212: Once his head struck something hard and rough-edged, and he sank into a terrified heap, whispering prayers to the __**vengeful**__ spirits and spells against them. Definition: seeking revenge

7. Maya Rosental: page 229: After a moments inspection he leaped to its rough trunk and crawled up it like a cat, swayed precariously outward on a thick __**frond**__ and dropped to the top of the wall. Definition: big leaf

8. Maya Rosenthal: page 237: __**Aghast**__ at this new danger, Ranofer was still trying to decide weather to flee or hide when he heard hurrying footsteps in the hallway. Definition: shocked, and scared

9. Eli Kofman: Page 203: He could hear crunching and scraping, an occasional **__Guttural__** curse. Defintion: harsh sounding

10. Eli Kofman: Page 216: They were the inlaid glass eyes of a life-sized wooden statue, and he saw now that they had been partially smashed, as if from the blow of a dagger **__hilt__**. definition: the handle of a weapon or a tool

11. Eli Kofman: Page 231: "**__Insolent__**" the gardener roared. Definition: showing rudness or lack of respect

12. Eli Kofman: page 243: "These men," the count said to Ranofer, "Are of my household **__retinue__**. Definition: a group of assistance or advisors for an important man

13. Alyssa Chelder: Page 201: Ranofer could see now that the rise formed the summit of the western cliffs, up the furrowed and **__craggy__** face of which they had been climbing. Definition: A steep or rugged cliff or rock face

14. Alyssa Chelder: Page 212: It //was// __**shriveling**__, he was sure of it. Definition: Losing moisture, wrinkling up

15. Alyssa Chelder: Page 224: As **__coherently__** as he could Ranofer panted out his story. Definition: Speaking clearly or logically

16. Alyssa Chelder: Page 238: Almost __**paralyzed**__ with awe, Ranofer managed to obey. Definition: A person or body part incapable of movement

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