Group+2--6-2

=Alli, Sam, Emmanuel, Noah H, Ariel=

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. Emmanuel: 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 Pharaoh himself, shaped like a flower and hammered to fragile thinness. Definition: design or pattern ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍2.Noah Hamermesh: page 10:Ibni only edged closer, ducked his head even farther between his shoulders __**ingratiatingly**__ definition: Agreeable 3. Sam Handel: page 10: On the bench beside the apprentice lay a coil of wire, finished and ready for its last **__annealing__**. Definition: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍add heat‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ 4. Ariel Monson: page 10: His voice was like the sound of a badly made flute, and **__sibilant__** with his Babylonian accent. Definition: Hissing sound. 5. Ariel Monson: page 12: **__Tarry__** a bit outside the shop tomorrow at sunset, and I shall put it in your hand. Definition: To stay or be tardy. 6. Ariel Monson: 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: doubtful. 7. Ariel Monson: page 34: Instantly he was aghast at his own **__temerity__**. Definition: reckless. 8. Sam Handel: page 33: He was like a figure **__hewn__** out of one of his blocks of stone. Definition: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍shaped 9. Sam Handel: page 50: Rekh would think him a **__dullard__**, unfit to learn goldsmith's trade. Definition: not a smart person 10. Sam Handel: page 72: His voice was as **__wheedling__** as ever, but there was an open threat in his eyes as he stepped in front of Ranofer and blocked his way. Definition: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍persuading 11. Emmanuel: Page 29: The ground turned __**marshy**__ here; patches of sedge and papyrus marked pools of shallow water, and the farther Ranofer went... Definition: soft and watery soil 12. Emmanuel: Page 46: **__Buoyant__** with hope, he turned into the Street of the Goldsmiths. Definition: cheerful and optimistic. 13.Allison: Page 12: Many times the boy had seen the brown stains next morning, still damp and faintly reeking of **__fermentation.__** Definition: something that's rotten and turning into acid. 14.Allison: Page 42: Staring up through the ragged branches of the acacia tothe stars **__spangling__** the dark sky, he could see only the kindly face of Rekh the goldsmith rising before him ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍in reproach‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍. Definition: small sparkling objects 15.Allison: Page 52: **__Mollified__** by the courteous tone, ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Meryra‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ shrugged his big shoulders. Definition: calm down, to be soothed. 16. Allison: Page 62: **__Scrupulously__** he divided the food ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍in half‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍, taking pains even with the crumbs. Definition: properly and carefully. 17. Emmanuel: page 67: ... Heqet supplied **__glibly__**. Definition: fluent, often thoughtlessly.

18. Noah Hamermesh: page 37: look at you, cowering like a **__cringing__** puppy. definition: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Cowering 19. Noah Hamermesh: page 60: he moved on up the stair leaving Ranofer **__aghast__** definition:shocked 20.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍noah Hamermesh: page 62: in the sandy wasteland‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ around him were the graves of the poor, each with an earthen jug or plate beside it holding the sundried remnants of a **__funerary__** offering. Definition: of burial

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 5-8:__**
1. Sam Handel: page 83: Ibni, picking himself up, **__venomously__**. Definition: hostile 2. Noah Hamermesh: page 80: the sky was **__radiant__**, the air on his cheek miraculously caressing. definition: shiny 3. Noah Hamermesh: page 94:‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ The noises of the shop faded and Ranofer stood alone before a line of shaping stakes, moving from one to the other as he tapped out a full curve of a forehead, the clean line of a jaw, the **__subtle__** modeling of an upper lip, choosing one and then another little hammer from the rack before him.‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ definition: delicate 4. Noah Hamermesh: page 104: ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍"Well" Heqet said with an effort at **__heartiness__**. definition: Affectionateness 5. Noah Hamermesh: page 130: however the cup and the arm band were **__creditable__**. definition: deserving honor 6. Sam Handel: page 90: I warn you, do not bother him with **__trifles__**, his temper is as short as my thumb. Definition: something unimportant 7. Sam Handel: page 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. Definition:<range type="comment" id="536001110_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ worked hard to produce 8. Sam Handel: page 122: I must not pour it all out like some **__imbecile__** and make him think I ask for pity, Amon forbid it. Definition: someone stupid 9. Allison Goldstein: page 100: **__Queer__**, Ranofer thought ashe lay down to sleep again, shivering. Definition: odd,strange 10.Allison Goldstein: page 103: <range type="comment" id="536001340_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍He walked about the streets until the changing slope of his shadow on the heat-backed dirt underfoot told him he must return anf begin again in his **__interminable__** chipping at the rough red granite slab that would eventually become one side of the High Priest's outer coffin.</range id="536001340_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Definition: everlasting, non-stop 11.Allison Goldstein: page 108: <range type="comment" id="536001340_2">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍Ranofer flashed him a **__belligerent__** look.</range id="536001340_2">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ Definition: hostile, angry 12. Allison Goldstein: Page 125: <range type="comment" id="536001340_3">‍‍‍‍‍‍Farther along, beyond comparatively modest houses, the street **__broadened__** and the grand villas of judges officials rose on either side in the midst of large gardens and vineyards.</range id="536001340_3">‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ definition: to become larger and widen 13. Ariel: 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. Definition: lacking in variety 14. Ariel: page 94: “Eh, Pai was not looking that time, but beware of __idleness__ and dreaming, young one.” Definition: not kept busy 15. Ariel: page 100: Something in his thoughts had stirred an __elusive__ memory in Ranofer’s mind. Definition: <range type="comment" id="536001582_1">‍‍‍‍‍‍A clear perception 16. Ariel: page 113: “What gift?” asked the Ancient, pursing his lips __judiciously__. Definition: showing judgement according to action 17. Emmanuel: page 81: ... <range type="comment" id="536001680_2">‍‍‍‍‍Low shed in the market place </range id="536001680_2">‍‍‍‍‍where the dealers in **__natron__** and spices...... Definition: kind of soda ash. 18.Emmanuel page 88: **__Numbly__** he walked down the familiar streets... Definition: <range type="comment" id="536001680_1">‍‍‍‍‍Without feeling 19. Emmanuel:page 102: <range type="comment" id="536001680_3">‍‍‍‍‍Islands disappeared and animals walked about their businesses on a crisscross network of **__dykes__**. Definition: natural or artificial slopes For stop ping water 20. Emmanuel: page 125: There was no dust, much quiet, and a **__pervading__** fragrance of flowers and wealth. Definition: to become spread throughout. 21. Emmanuel: page 82: He **__dawdled__** on the way home, fighting off wave after wave of dread. Definition: waste time/ to be slow. 22. Emmanuel: page 88: Then, with a longing glance ahed 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 warehouses, and stopped at last before the long, open shed that was Gebu's stonecutting shop. Definition: <range type="comment" id="536001680_4">‍‍‍‍‍characteristic of someone who is disloyal 23. Emmanuel: page 110: There was a small **__keg__** of salted fish in the storeroom; its enticing aroma always filled the place, but Gebu kept it sealed. Definition: a small cask or barrel. 24. Emmanuel: page 128: The familiar and well loved details receded into the <range type="comment" id="536001680_5">‍‍‍‍‍background, however, as they approached the **__austere__** old man leaning with one elbow on the workbench,.... Definition: harsh in appearance.

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 9-12:__**
1. Sam Handel: page 139: You are probably right, no one will notice your **__antics__**. Definition: their tricks 2. Sam Handel: page 157: He saw blackness, heard nothing but the light **__staccato__** of his own frightened feet. Definition: <range type="comment" id="536002048_1">‍‍‍‍‍ disconnected sounds 3. Sam Handel: 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 do for the other. Definition:<range type="comment" id="536002048_2">‍‍‍‍‍ lying</range id="536002048_2">‍‍‍‍‍ And tricking people <range type="comment" id="536003894_1">‍‍‍‍4.Noah Hamermesh: 139: That **__skulking__** wenamon is surely part of a scheme. definition: not telling the truth 5. Noah Hamermesh: 153:The nile rose in the next few weeks and, in spite of the **__relentless__** heat. definition: harsh 6. Noah Hamermesh: 171: Stumbling with **__fatigue__** and with the trembling weakness which follows fright, he went downstairs once more. Extinguishing the torch and replacing it with an oil jar, then flung himself on the familiar roughness of his mat. definition: a cause of weariness 7.Noah Hamermesh: 186: of their own **__accord__**. Definition: Peace 8. Sam Handel: page 186: The Ancient gave his high-pitched **__chortle__** of laughter. Definition: chuckle 9. Emmanuel: page 141: "it is the same with us, "<range type="comment" id="536003894_2">‍‍‍‍Heqet </range id="536003894_2">‍‍‍‍argued eagerly. "Who takes notice of boys? Especially **__ragamuffins__**? definition: poorly clothed often dirty child 10. Emmanuel: Page 151: frantically he **__groped__** at the wall beside him, clutched a latch and pushed. Definition: to search blindly 11. Emmanuel: Trade page page 170: <range type="comment" id="536003894_3">‍‍‍‍He ran silently towards it, expecting each moment to hear the **__eerie__** flutter of a //kheft's// invisible wings...</range id="536003894_3">‍‍‍‍ definition: Mysterious, strange 12. Emmanuel: Page 194: "I will meet with you tomorrow as we planned. At least we have the festival to **__console__** us." Definition: make someone feel better 13. Allison: page 142: "Aye, of inestimable value," the old man cackled, shaking his head until his threadlike hair **__quavered__**. Definition: tremble or shake 14. Allison: page 155: Those squeaky hinges were the answer to everything, they explained the **__inexplicable__**, they wiped out the contradiction between Gebu's innocent daytime time behavior and his mysteriously increasing <range type="comment" id="536003894_4">‍‍‍‍wealth</range id="536003894_4">‍‍‍‍. <range type="comment" id="536003894_5">‍‍‍‍defintion: unexplainable 15. Allison: page 182: The instance he bellowed the familiar order, Ranofer was flying across the **__gritty__** floor as fast as his feet would move. defintion: sandy, gravely, or stony 16. Allison: page 196: His one eye was **__shrewd__** and very thoughtful. defintion: smart, wise, and clever 17. Ariel: page 139: He glanced questioningly at the Ancient, who was old and must therefore know a great deal about everything, but he found the old man looking both thoughtful and dubious. Definition: doubtful 18. Ariel: page 145: … and a straggling vine provided a precarious ladder for climbing to the top. Definition:‍ dependent on things beyond there control. ‍ 19. Ariel: page 146: ‍… who walked stolidly ahead. Definition: not easily moved. ‍ 20. Ariel: page 152: Ranofer dropped to the ground, staggered with relief and treacherously numbed toes… Definition: ‍untrust‍

**__Group Vocabulary List for Chapters 13-16:__**
1. Ariel: page 207: Ferryboats and private **__barques__** were now putting out from every dock as fast as they could be loaded. Definition: boat 2. Ariel: page 216: Nervously Ranofer examined the figure more closely, and his fear of its **__vengeance__** changed to an unexpected pity. Definition:

3. Ariel: page 228: There it suddenly **__riveted__**. Definition: to fasten 4. Ariel: page 248: And at his side walked a **__<range type="comment" id="536006216_2">veritible</range id="536006216_2">__** pharaoh of a donkey... Definition: true 5.Allison:page 203: He could hear crunching and scrapping, an occasional **__guttural__** curse. Definition: harsh or rough 6. Allison: page 216: Then he lowered his head and **__hobbled__** on. Definition:to limp 7. Allison: page 233: "free his arms, I want to look at him," the little man ordered in a tone fully as **__haughty__** as the overseer's definiton: snoby, proud 8. Allison: page 236: chairs madeout of fragrant cedarood **__adorned__** with gold stood here and there;... Defintion: to make beautiful 9. Sam: page 206: **__Gilded__** palanquins, and chariots, preceded by runners and followed by retinues of servants, began to appear from the direction of noblemen's villas. Definition: showy, fancy 10. Sam: 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 more **__sentries__** these other creatures were. definition: guard 11. Sam: page 230: As his pursuers burst through a gate behind him he fled up a red graveled path between rows of onions and beans, into a grape **__arbor__** and presently out the other end. definitions: garden 12.Sam: page 237: "Aye, Your **__Radiance__**." Definition: cheerful person 13. Emmanuel: page 198: The stars still __**spangled**__ the sky when Ranofer woke... Definition: covered with small sparkling objects 14. Emmanuel: page 212: Worse, every inch he moved forward took him nearer to an even more terrible place, the __**citadel**__ of death itself... Definition: a fortress defending or dominating a city 15.Emmanuel: page 230: A dozen yelling cooks were after him by the time he had __**clambered**__ up a vine... Definition: to climb 16. Emmanuel: page 237:...the dwarf opened the door and pushed Ranofer through a small __**anteroom**__ with a shining floor... Definition: waiting room 17.Noah Hamermesh: page 191: Would have thought they strolled into the shed merely to find shade while they exchanged a few **__civilities__**. Definition: polite excretion 18. Noah Hamermesh: page 214: It was beginning to seem useless to keep up a search so **__futile__**, in a place so vast. definition: useless 19.Noah Hamermesh: page 229: With a **__dismayed__** gasp he plunged right through them. definition: alarmed 20. Noah Hamermesh: page 237: As he did so he heard the queen's voice abrupt and **__husky.__** Definition: bold