The Lightning Thief Flashcards

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Page 6: Scythe

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an implement used for mowing grass, grain, or other crops and composed of a long curving blade fastened at an angle to a long handle

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Page 3: Kleptomaniac

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a persistent neurotic impulse to steal especially without economic motive

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Page 4: Stele

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a usually carved or inscribed stone slab or pillar used for commemorative purposes

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Page 75: Vane

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a movable device attached to an elevated object (such as a spire) for showing the direction of the wind

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Page 110: Suppressing

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to put down by authority or force

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Page 84: Satyr

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a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry

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Page 115: Warily

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marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger

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Page 140: Receptacle

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one that receives and contains something

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Page 72: Pseudonym

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a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.

Fake name

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Page 98: Pulverize

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To reduce to very small pieces (crush)

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Page 156: Stowed

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to put away for future use

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Page 168: Braying

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to utter the characteristic loud harsh cry of a donkey

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Page 169: Mournfully

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expressing sorrow

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Page 169: Glint

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to glance off an object

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Page 170: Infrared

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situated outside the visible spectrum at its red end —used of radiation having a wavelength between about 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter

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Page 233: Marooned

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  1. to put ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave to one’s fate
  2. to place or leave in isolation or without hope of ready escape
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Page 259: Skeet

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trapshooting in which clay pigeons are thrown in such a way as to simulate the angles of flight of birds

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Page 268: Skeptical

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relating to, characteristic of, or marked by

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Page 283: Obedience

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an act or instance of obeying

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Page 283: Solicitors

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one that solicits

*to make a petition to; to approach with a request or plea solicited Congress for funding; to urge (something, such as one’s cause) strongly

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Page 283: Loitering

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to remain in an area for no obvious reason

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Page 298: Melancholy

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suggestive or expressive of sadness or depression of mind or spirit

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Page 299: Keening

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to make a loud and long cry of sorrow, to lament, mourn, or complain loudly

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Page 310: Arrogant

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having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities.

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Page 331: Indigestion

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inability to digest or difficulty in digesting something, a case or attack of indigestion marked especially by a burning sensation or discomfort in the upper abdomen

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Page 340: Ozone

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a triatomic very reactive form of oxygen that is a bluish irritating gas of pungent odor, that is a major air pollutant in the lower atmosphere but a beneficial component of the upper atmosphere, and that is used for oxidizing, bleaching, disinfecting, and deodorizing

Smells bad

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Page 354: Gradually

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in a gradual way; slowly; by degrees.