City of Ember Vocabulary chapters 6-10

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The consequences for stealing were grave. The child would be suspended.

• a place where a body is buried

• serious, cause for alarm

• not stable

• messy

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The anticipation was building up as the teams prepared for the Super Bowl.

• expecting something

• scatter, spread over an area

• not stable

• to move or fall downward

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It is incomprehensible to think about why someone would crash into the building.

• to hesitate when doing something

• not relaxed because of anxiety or boredom

• twisted or rough

• not able to be understood

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The officer wrenched the gun out of the robber's hand.

• very angry or furious

• to move or fall downward

• to pull or twist suddenly or violently

• in an orderly way

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My mother was mad because I had strewn my toys all over the living room floor.

• too messy to be read

• scatter or spread over an area

• in an orderly way

• very angry or furious

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The area was unsettled and did not have stores.

• twisted or rough

• parts that work together

• not stable

• to move or fall downward

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Please rewrite your paragraph. Your writing is illegible.

• not stable

• twisted or rough

• too messy to be read

• blurry or dimmed from sleep or tiredness

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The teacher asked the child to stop twiddling with her hair and pay attention to the story.

• twist or touch in a nervous way

• uncertain or unclear

• parts that work together

• in an orderly was

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My favorite mug broke and fragments of glass were all over the floor.

• small or broken pieces

• to tremble

• too messy to be read

• not stable

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The teacher reluctantly allowed the child to go to the bathroom but he had to promise to behave.

• scatter or spread out over an area

• parts that work together

• to move or fall down

• to hesitate when doing something