Chapters 13 and 14

"She was a cold-blooded brute!" "Brute" means..

• a savagely violent person or animal

• a mix of bulldog/poodle

• sweet innocent human

Look at his "bristling" beard! "Bristling" means..

• (especially of hair) short

• (especially of hair) long and soft

• (especially of hair) stiff, and spiky.

"Treachery" means...

• a rule of power or honor

• betrayal of trust; deceptive action or nature.

• the bottom of the ocean floor

He looked at him scornfully... "Scornfully" means..

• to make a silly face

• feeling or showing disgust or anger

• feeling giddy and joyful

Her voice shrilled the angrier she got. "Shrill" describes..

• a voice being high pitched or piercing

• a voice being deep

• a voice in a whisper

A "pavilion" is a...

• type of bird you see by the ocean

• a basement in a building

• a usually highly decorated projecting subdivision of a building (top of a tower)

"Siege" is...

• a military like operation when strong forces surround an area or building in order to have the person inside surrender

• to tell someone to stop talking

• a usually highly decorated projecting subdivision of a building.

An "ogre" is...

• the guy from Shek 1, 2, and 3

• a legendary dwarfish creature supposed to guard the earth's treasures underground

• a monster usually depicted as a large, hideous, man-like being that eats ordinary human beings, especially infants and children