The City of Ember



The City of Ember

Vocabulary (Extra Words)

A vocabulary list is meant to help expand your vocabulary. Besides those words which you are responsible for formally learning (on a separate page), the words below are possibly unknown to you. You don’t need to know a dictionary definition, but you should be able to use it correctly in a sentence. Mark any word you do not know, and bring it up in class discussion. Adon Ross may surprise you with an unannounced vocabulary quiz at times, so be honest, and be ready!

weary, page 1

endeavor, 2

frayed, 6

prosper, 13

generator, 15

immensely, 18

threadbare, 23

reverberating, 27

kiosks, 32

serene, 35

antics, 38

anticipation, page 40

clamor, 40

throng, 41

complicated, 44

puzzled, 51

absolute, 58

gauges, 59

infected, 61

threaded, 73

spectacle, 74

whimper, 75, 79

tottered, 75

defiant, 71

summon, 79

incoherently, 79

murmur, 85

glinted, 86

incomprehensible, 87

wrenched, 91

pried, page 93

extract, 93

jumble, 96

frantic, 100

severe, 100

eagerly, 102

illegible, 103

reluctantly, 107

enraged, 114

crevices, 116

significance, 119

self-conscious,122

mechanism, 123

startled, 126

scuffling, 128

gruff, 129

astonished, 129

hoarse, 132

blearily, 133

marvels, 136

winced, 137

sternly, page 142

gloomier, 143

distracted, 144

astonishment, 148

delectable, 152

beckoned, 157

fiercely, 158

shrill, 159

slogans, 159

rickety, page 167

emerged, 172

urgently, 174

splendid, 175

clarity, 177

realm, 177

plunder, 178

gorging, 178

bewilderment, 178

seize, 179

spurting, 181

surging, 184

consulted, 191

desperate, 193 merchandise, 196

generations, 196

feeble, 199

burly, 199

civic, 215

accomplice, 219

abundance, 221

majesty, 223

dread, page 226

harmonies, 228

queasy, 230

hoisted, 230

rungs, 232, 234

churning, 237

plunged, 238

shrieks, 239

gleefully, 244

refugees, page 250

infinitely, 252

vast, 252

crimson, 255

seeped, 255

trill, 257

catastrophes, 261

gullies, 265

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