The City of Ember Vocabulary 5-8

Lina turned up Hafter Street, where the four streetlamps were still out and a building crew was repairing a partly collapsed roof.

• pointy

• weak

• fallen apart

• constructed

Lina turned away from the miserable spectacle.

• eye glasses

• something seen and drawing attention

• something hidden

• disaster

It was like hunger, what she felt. It was the same as when her hand sometimes seemed to reach out by itself to grab a piece of food. It was too strong to resist.

• accept

• hate

• destroy

• withstand the force of

In the distance someone called out incoherently.

• without meaning or clarity

• loudly

• angrily

• without sound

She could have endured it if she’d been on her own. It was the thought of Poppy, lost, that she couldn’t stand—and lost because she had been paying more attention to a box of pencils.

• stopped

• disappeared

• suffered through

• loved

Ember was in grave danger.

• immediate

• very serious

• slight

• underground

The mayor’s voice kept coming in blasts of incomprehensible sound, and the people in the crowd were either shouting angrily or yelping in fear of being squashed.

• difficult to understand

• clearly stated

• extremely loud

• very quiet

The crowd roared, and a few people started hurling whatever they could find—pebbles, garbage, crumpled paper, even their own hats.

• stomping on

• vomiting

• tearing apart

• throwing forcefully

“And when anger is the boss, you get—”

“I know,” said Doon. “Unintended consequences.”

• friendships

• extreme anxiety

• solutions

• outcomes of an event or actions

They must be very sure now that the supplies are running out, she thought, and they’re determined to get what they can before it’s too late.

• the amount available for use

• the amount already used

• the amount people need or want

• the price of goods