Group+3--6-2

=Jacob, Anita, Micah, Miriam, Maya H=

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. Jacob: page 7: It might become part of a wide and glittering collar, or the **__//inlay//__** on a fine dagger for some nobleman's tomb- or better, a cup fit for the Pharaoh himself, shaped like a flower and hammered to fragile thinness. Definition: To set pieces of ( for example wood or ivory) into a surface to form a design.

2. Jacob: page 38: The storeroom yielded nothing more except the __**//tantalizing//**__ fragrance from boxes and kegs all sealed and forbidden him. Definition: To torment or tease someone with the sight of something that they can't get.

3. Jacob: page 44: Running on fleet, silent feet down the Street of the Crooked Dog, he felt frightened but **__//jubilant//.__** Definition: Feeling lots of happiness and triumph.

4. Jacob: page 73: Before Ranofer had time to wonder what he meant he beckoned __**//peremptorily//**.__ Definition: Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal.

5.Anita: page 8: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍He was aware ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍again of voices, of the clang of tools around him in the mud-walled courtyard, and the sharp, hot odor of metal **__mingling__** with the soft afternoon breeze of the Nile. Definition: mix or cause to mix together

6.Anita: page 29: He stood a moment, took an **__irresolute__** step backward, then swerved suddenly and ran down a lane between two of the flower fields near the river. Definition: showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain

7.Anita: page 44: He stole across the courtyard, which was **__dingier__** than ever in the cool morning light. Definition: gloomy and drab

8.Anita: page 67: "As the worm said when the lark bit its head off," Heqet supplied **__glibly__**. Definition:‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ prepared, knew right away, fluent

9.Miriam: page 17: Another coil of wire lay ready for __**annealing.**__ Definition:‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ to heat and then cool ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍to make the material less fragile

10.Miriam: page 32: Obviously there was to be no **__jocularity__** tonight. Definition: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍to have a habit of joking or fooling around

11. Miriam: page 58: It grew stronger the nearer he drew to the Street of the Crooked Dog, but the stronger it grew the faster he ran, refusing to let it in, shoring up the __**bulwarks**__ of his mind against it. Definition: something that provides protection for or against something

12. Miriam: page 63: However, no **__wraithlike,__** human- headed bird appeared. Definition:‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ the spirt ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍or visual form of one who is dead

13. Micah: page 38: Winking **__vindictively__**, he made for the stairs and vanished up them, taking the torch with him. Definition: showing revenge 14. Maya H: Ladling: page 17: __**Ladling**__ water into his bowl of sweepings from the big water jar, he wondered how he could prove it. Definition: using a cup shaped utensil to move liquid from one thing to another.

15. Maya:Sedge: page 29: The ground turns marshy here; patches of __**sedge**__ and papyrus marked pools of shallow water... Definition: a grasslike plant with triangular stems, growing typically in wet ground. 16. Maya: Jubilant: page 44: running on fleet, silent feet down the Street of the Crooked Dog, he felt frightened and __**jubilant**__. Definition: feeling happy and triumphant. 17. Maya:Aghast: page 71: Ranofer stopped, __**aghast**__. Definition: filled with horror or shock 18. Micah: page 9: No matter- it was useless to try to __fathom__ the ways of that ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Accused One‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. Definition: come to understand 19. Micah: page 57: The ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍shop's‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ hot odor of molten gold had given way to the __**fragrance**__ of lotus and marsh weed. 20. Micah: page 73: Before Ranofer had time to wonder what he meant he beckoned __peremptorily.__ Definition: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Expressing a command confidently

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 5-8:__**
1. Jacob: page 80: He flew about his tasks, **__//buoyant//__** with triumph and overflowing with energy. Definition: Cheerful

2. Jacob: page 92: He led Ranofer straight back to Zahotep and the drill, and pointed to the box of black sand near the **__//alabaster//__** slab. Definition: A smooth, usually white‍‍‍‍‍‍ mineral ‍‍‍‍‍‍carved into ornaments.

3. Jacob: page 112: Heqet stood up‍‍‍‍‍‍ to‍‍‍‍‍o, an impatient scowl on his usual **__//amiable//__** face. Definition: Displaying a friendly and pleasant manner.

4. Jacob: 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: A boat tied to something. ‍‍‍‍‍5. Anita: page 79: Ranofer slowed his pace, ashamed of his **__surliness__**. Definition: rude or bad-tempered

6. Anita: page 100: the **__malevolent__** spirits of the unburied roamed at will seeking mischief they could do. Definition: wishing evil or harm to another or others</range id="536007684_1">‍‍‍‍‍

7. Miriam: page 101: **Incredulous,** he let out his long-held breath. Definition: unwilling or refusing to <range type="comment" id="536007724_1">‍‍‍‍accept </range id="536007724_1">‍‍‍‍something

8. Miriam: page 102: men and animals walked about their business on a crisscross network of __dykes.__ Definition: <range type="comment" id="536007724_2">‍‍‍‍A raised patch of earth that is made to control the flow of water.

9. Miriam: page 120: "It is a **__clod's__** trade and you hate it." Defintion: a person who is boring and stupid

10. Miriam: page 128: " Or **__aptitude__**?" Definition: natural talent or ability 11. Micah: page 79: His one eye bright as an **__enamel__**. Definition: A white substance on the crown of a tooth. 12. Micah: page 89: <range type="comment" id="536007774_1">‍‍‍Here in the shop only great **__sarcophagi__** were built. Definition: a stone coffin 13. Micah: page 116: He ate the bone when the whole **haunch** is missing. Definition:<range type="comment" id="536007774_3">‍‍‍ the hip, buttock, and upper thigh of animals 14. Micah: page 119: Rough from a day of sandstoning **adorned** with a bandage. Definition:<range type="comment" id="536007774_4">‍‍‍ something decorated or with an object 15. Micah: page 141: Who takes notice of boys? Especially **ragamuffin?** Definition: a child in dirty clothes

16. Maya: page 82: He __**dawdled**__ on the way home, fighting off wave after wave of dread. Definition: waste time; be slow.

17.Maya: page 92: A man stood surveying these works, his thin arms akimbo and his fists, one of which grasped an __**authoritative**__ - looking stick, propped on his skinny hips. Definition:<range type="comment" id="536007874_1">‍‍ reliable</range id="536007874_1">‍‍

18. Maya: page 103: The only __**respite**__ from the torment, which in Ranofer's resentful opinion caused more mistakes than it corrected, was during the midday break. Definition: a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

19. Maya: page 126: The familiar and well-loved detailed receded into the the background, however, as they approached the __**austere**__ old man leaning with one elbow on the workbench, a little copper hammer dangling from his long-fingered, supple, corded hand. Definition: severe or strict manner, attitude, or appearance.

20. Anita: page 104: He added, spitting **__contemptuously__** in the dust. definition: showing or expressing disrespect

21. Anita: page 131: **__Coaxing__** a fresh blaze with a blowpipe, he found tongs and with them held a portion of the collar carefully to the blast, his corded, brown old back gleaming with heat. definition: flattery

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 9-12:__**
1. Jacob: page 147: What good was there in crouching under a **__//punt//__** all evening, watching a wineshop door? Definition: A long, narrow, flat bottomed recreational boat.

2. Jacob: page 153: It's just **__//yonder//__**. Definition: At a certain distance in a certain direction.

3. Jacob: page 169: He sprang into the dark passageway and flattened himself against the wall, listening to footsteps draw nearer, nearer, then pass and began to __**//recede//**__ down the street. Definition: To move back from where you were.

4. Jacob: page 193: Heqet's face fell **__//ludicrously//__**. Definition: Foolish or unreasonable.

5. Miriam: page 138: "with the soft-eyed donkey __**plodding**__ behind them." Definition: to walk heavily or slowly.

6. Miriam: page 154: "For a time he and Heqet **__doggedly__** continued their spying and reporting to each other..." Definition: repeatedly trying with the air of not giving up.

7.Miriam: page 165: " The moon-God Thoth's heavenly **__barque__**..." Definition: a sailing ship with three or more masts

8.Miriam: page 195: "pushed aside the last **__fringe__** of papyrus..." Definition: a border or outside part of

9. Maya: page 136: "You see, **imbecile**?" Definition: a stupid or idiotic person

10.Maya: page 154: He kept a faithful, if **intermittent**, eye on Setma, too; the river man had begun regular trips up and down the Nile again. Definition: not continuous or steady

11.Maya: page 179: And this time I will not **bungle** things! Definition: a mistake or failure, usually from confusion.

12.Maya: page 189: After a long, uncomfortable silence, Heqet said wryly, "Do I make myself unpleasant, as the viper said to the **asp**?" Definition: Small Southern European viper with an upturned snout.

13.Anita: page 135: He had paid a high price for his silence, but even a beating was preferable to turning his heart and hopes inside out for Gebu's scornful inspection, seeing them **__withered__** with ridicule and blown away like dust before his eyes. Definition: cause harm or damage to.

14.Anita: page 164: Far from satisfying him, the sketchy meal only **__whetted__** his appetite; moreover, the onion made his lip smart and burn. Definition: excite or stimulate (someone's desire, interest, or appetite).

15.Anita: page 177: When two rogues like that fall out, you may be sure it is over the price of some **__skulduggery__** one is to do for the other. Definition: underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; trickery.

16.Anita: page 195: To cover it he **__waded__** a little farther, pushed aside the last fringe of papyrus, pretending to study the bright colored sails that dotted the river.

Definition: walk (through relatively shallow water)

17. Micah: page 146: Its sharp pointed **prow** lifted it at an angle from the stone. Definition: front part of aircraft or space 18. Micah: page 148: And in this alley, just a short distance from Wenamon's rear wall, is a **__straggly__** Old dom palm tree. Definition: growing or spreading in irregular way 19. Micah: page 173: "Yesterday's baking," he remarked **__laconically.__** Definition: in a dry tired way 20. Micah: page 194: The Festival had **__dwindled__** to nothing in his mind. Definition: become or lose substance.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 13-16:__**
1 Jacob: page 199: He moved up it nervously, not liking the sharp curves which prevented him from keeping Gebu in sight in order to assure a safe distance between them, not liking at all the walls that pressed in on either hand with no **__//crevices//__** in which a boy might hide. Definition: A narrow opening.

2. Jacob: 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 outrage Departed One whose mere sentries these other creatures were. Definition: A fortress.

3. Jacob: page 223: Heqet stopped again, to look out across the empty red **__//expanse//__** which had defeated them. Definition: A place that is a wide and continuous surface.

4. Jacob: page 248: Half an hour later Ranofer walked through the City of the Dead in his new, soft leather sandals-with buckles- **//__blissfully__//** unaware of the crowds that jostled and passed him in the fading crimson light. Definition: Extreme happiness 5. Micah: page 200: There was a narrow shelf formed by an **__outthrust__** boulder, just above the height of a man's head definition: extended out 6. Micah: page 212: He sank into a terrified heap, whispering prayers to the **__vengeful__** spirits and spells against them. definition: characterized by revengeful spirit

7. Miriam: page 200: "Ranofer could have touched the black __**plaits**__ of his hair." Definition: A braid or section of hair woven together

8.Miriam: page 217: "happy creature lying murdered, victim of Gebu's __**callous**__ greed." Definition: Not caring about other people's emotions

9. Miriam: page 224: " As __**coherently**__ as he could Ranofer panted out his story." Definition: Easy to understand or in a way that makes sense.

10. Miriam: page 237: "pushed Ranofer through a small **__anteroom__**..." Definition: A small room off of a larger room used for people to wait in.

11.Anita: page 201: Beyond, Gebu's **__hulking__** back and Wenamon's stooped, narrow one were just disappearing over a last rise. Definition: large heavy or clumsy

12. Anita: page 214: The torch had receded into what was apparently a second chamber, and the thieves' footsteps came echoing back to Ranofer **__eerily__**, as though in a vast space. definiton: affected with superstitious fear.

13. Anita: page 233: "his excellency is Qa-nefer of Abydos, favorite pet of her **__sublime__** majesty the daughter of the sun, the divine consort Tiy, may she live forever!" Definition: impressing with a sense of power

14. Anita page 243: "These men," the count said to Ranofer, "are my household **__retinue__**." defintion: a group of helpers, servants or followers

15. Maya: page 206: **Gilded** palanquins and chariots, preceded by runners and followed by retinues of servents, began to appear from the direction of the noble men's villas. Definition: covered thinly with gold paint.

16.Maya: page 211:As he hesitated, eyes stretched wide in a **futile** effort to see something, anything, a dim glow of light shown far ahead of him. Definition: not capable of producing any results, pointless

17.Maya: page 224: As **coherently** as he could he panted out his story. Definition: logically connected, or consistent.

18.Maya: page 247: "Your Majesty" he said **tremulously**, "could I have a donkey?" Definition: fearful, nervousness, or fear 19. Micah: page 229: Crawled up it like a cat, swayed **__precariously__** outward on a thick frond. Definition: unstable, insecure 20. Micah: page 247: Ranofer lifted **__incredulous__** eyes. He could ask for anything? Definition: indicating unbelief