Ground Zero - 103 - 151 Vocabulary

Brandon thought there was room to _________ the wreckage.

• insurgents

• scale

• amulets

• tentatively

They did not talk during their __________ up the mountain.

• peppered

• ascent

• scale

• insurgents

Islamist _________ subsequently joined the fight after their government failed.

• ascent

• insurgents

• scale

• amulets

The piece of wood was ___________with a series of holes.

• ascent

• peppered

• insurgents

• scale

Most of the women wore tunics that were decorated with metallic, laces, pendants, and __________ to protect against evil or disease.

• peppered

• amulets

• swaddling

• insurgents

The tiny baby was wrapped up so tightly in ___________ clothes that it could move only its mouth.

• amulets

• tentatively

• insurgents

• swaddling

Brandon and Richard _________ came out of the stairwell.

• ascent

• insurgent

• tentatively

• swaddling

An eerie, __________ blue haze shimmered down on Brandon.

• ascent

• swaddling

• iridescent

• insurgent

Why did Pasoon have to follow so_________ in the footsteps of all the other boys when had left home for the Taliban before him?

• iridescent

• doggedly

• insurgents

• amulets

​ ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   are the best synonyms for peppered.

• sprinkled
• dotted
• unspeckled
• bare