City of Ember Vocab Test

a conscientious effort toward an end; an earnest attempt; try; effort

Ex: Nothing about this ___ is certain. There may be no one left in the city by then or no safe place for them to come back to.

• endeavor

• hoist

• plummet

• methodically

to raise or haul up with or as if with help of a mechanical apparatus; heave; lift

Ex: Lina laughed, ___ her up, and danced with her around the shop.

• hoisted

• plummet

• methodically

• flanked

to fall straight down; plunge; nose-dive; crash down; tumble

Ex: He pulled himself upward, pushed again - he was higher now than Lina had been - but suddenly his hands slid and he came ___ down.

• plummeting

• methodically

• flanked

• vaguely

characterized by ordered and systemic habits or behavior; logically; carefully; precisely; meticulously

Ex: Every day a team of people ___ sorted through the trash heaps in search of anything that might be at all useful.

• methodically

• flanked

• vaguely

• strewn

the right or left side of a military formation

Ex: The door of the Gathering Hall opened, and the mayor came out, ___ by two guards.

• flanked

• vaguely

• strewn

• lurking

indistinctly felt, perceived, understood, or recalled; hazy; unclear; fuzzy

Ex: She ___ recalled the incident of the light pole.

• vaguely

• strewn

• lurking

• egree

to spread here and there; scatter

Ex: On the wall, clothes hung from hooks, and more clothes were ___ untidily on the floor.

• strewn

• lurking

• egress

• convoluted

to move furtively; sneak; lie in wait; hang about; creep around

Ex: She had frightening dreams in which something dangerous was ___ in the darkness.

• lurking

• egress

• convoluted

• vicious

a path or opening for going out; an exit; door; outlet

Ex: "I don't think so," said Clary. "If you add an s to this word, right where this tear in the paper is, you get '____'. Do you know what that means?"

"No," said Lina.

"It means 'the way out'. It means 'the exit'."

• egress

• convoluted

• vicious

• kiosk

having numerous overlapping coils or folds; complex; elaborate; intricate

Ex: He ran a finger over their ___ surface.

• convoluted

• vicious

• kiosk

• refugees