City of Ember Vocabulary Chapters 11-20

Contaminated or polluted

• feeble

• catastrophe

• unfurled

• tainted

To spread out

• feeble

• catastrophe

• unfurled

• tainted

move out or away from something

• catastrophe

• unfurled

• tainted

• emerged

not having much physical strength

• feeble

• catastrophe

• unfurled

• emerged

an event that causes a lot of damage

• emerged

• unfurled

• tainted

• catastrophe

to push or shake roughly

• proceed

• deciphering

• dawdled

• jolted

to begin or continue a course of actions

• proceed

• deciphering

• dawdled

• jolted

decoding or turning into normal language

• proceed

• deciphering

• dawdled

• jolted

to waste time or be slow

• proceed

• deciphering

• dawdled

• jolted

being confused or puzzled

• hunkering

• bewilderment

• refugees

• relentlessly