The Lightning Thief Chapter 10 - Multiple Meanings Vocab

I always assume that Grover is worried about getting teased

• to take on

• to seize

• to suppose

After Gabe was so rude to me, Eddie, the super of the building, looked at me with a twinge of sympathy.

• to feel pity or compassion

• to share feelings

• a mutual liking or understanding

I watched Gabe lumber back to his apartment building.

• timber (wood) sawed into boards

• discarded (thrown away) household furniture

• to move heavily and noisily

My mom used a stern voice and talked to in a tone she has never used before.

• the rear end of a ship

• strict, severe

• never gives up

My head slammed into the tree and the impact nearly knocked my teeth out.

• to have an effect on

• to hit with force

• to force tightly together

The last thing I remembered, I collapsed into a chair on the porch.

• to break down suddenly

• to fold together

• to fall down

Annabeth's shoulders got tense, "You know about the summer solstice?".

• any form of a verb that shows actions

• undergoing tension

• stretched tight

Chiron took great offense to the comment I made about Poseidon.

• a hurt, angry feeling

• the act of attacking

• a sin or crime

"She didn't stay dead long," I said, trying not to let my voice quiver.

• a case or bag holding arrows

• to tremble or shake

• to shake like crazy

We plunged into the woods as the rain poured down leaning the burning bus behind us.

• to throw suddenly

• to dive or fall

• to violently move forward or downward