The Maze Runner Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

stale

• not fresh

• extreme

• to make void

consumed

• to remake

• to absorb; to occupy completely

• doing harm or evil

ascent

• to form an opinion

• a unit of work or energy

• upward movement

devoid

• not possessing; untouched by

• a position of uneasiness

• to pursue

bombarded

• to make a loud, sustained sound

• the central part of a circular object

• to attack or batter consistently

lurch

• an awkward, swaying or staggering motion

• to make slow or difficult

• to stop or pause because of uncertainty

piercing

• to meet or react to someone

• loud or shrill

• to strike blows especially repeatedly with a hammer

dilapidated

• to become ill

• to tense up

• run down, fallen into a state of decay

taunting

• insulting, mocking, jeering

• carrying or transporting goods

• walking or lagging slowly behind