A Single Shard Chapters 1-3 Vocabulary

What does the word urchin mean as it is used in the text?

• a person who dissents from some established policy

• poor and often mischievous city child

• a descendent or heir

• a very wealthy or powerful businessman

What does the word misshapen mean as it is used in the text?

• warped

• dull

• unclean

• narrow

What does the word inscribe mean as it is used in the text?

• disfigure

• visualize

• engrave

• input

What does the word graceful mean as it is used in the text?

• quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception

• relating to the most frequent value in a distribution

• having a chance of occurring too low to inspire belief

• characterized by beauty of movement, style, or form

What does the word curt mean as it is used in the text?

• causing or able to cause nausea

• brief and to the point

• broadly or extravagantly humorous

• persistent

What does the word sorrow mean as it is used in the text?

• creating alliances to check the expansion of a hostile power

• something that causes great unhappiness

• problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

• careful consideration

What does the word apprentice mean as it is used in the text?

• move about in or as if in a predatory manner

• work for an expert to learn a trade

• move about aimlessly or without any destination

• break from a meeting or gathering

What does the word imitate mean as it is used in the text?

• simulate

• violate

• regulate

• estimate

What does the word wield mean as it is used in the text?

• maintain

• devalue

• abstract

• excuse

What does the word shrivel mean as it is used in the text?

• produce

• dwindle

• revolve

• arouse