Percy Jackson Vocabulary Chapters 12-End

A strange breeze rustled through the clearing, temporarily overpowering the stink of trash and muck. It brought the smell of berries and wildflowers and clean rainwater, things that might've once been in these woods. Suddenly I was nostalgic for something I'd never known. What is the meaning of nostalgic?

• to move or stir with great force

• a deep crack in the earth's surface

• a longing for the past

• fine particles of earth, clay, or sand

"Cold laughter echoed from the chasm." What is the best definition for chasm?

• to move downward or to a lower position

• no longer in existence or use;

• a duplication or copy,

• a deep crack in the earth's surface

"I watched the churning brown water of the Mississippi below." What does churning mean?

• to move or stir with great force

• not yet fully developed

• a structure that is put up quickly for protection

• the changes in form of some living things as they grow

"Annabeth had to think about it. "I guess ... the chariot," she said tentatively." What does tentatively mean?

• no longer in existence or use

• not yet fully developed or definitely decided

• a duplication or copy

• the changes in form of some living things

Spectators, people who had been wandering the streets because of the earthquake,

were starting to gather. What does spectator mean?

• a deep crack in the earth's surface

• to move or stir with great force

• one that watches or observes

• to move downward or to a lower position

According to the L.A. news, the explosion at the Santa Monica beach had been

caused when a crazy kidnapper fired a shotgun at a police car. He accidentally hit a

gas main that had ruptured during the earthquake. What does rupture mean?

• a duplication or copy

• the changes in form of some living things as they grow

• to break or tear open

• to move downward or to a lower position

"Grover shrugged. Soon, all three of us were decked out like walking advertisements for the defunct theme park." What does defunct mean?

• no longer in existence or use

• not yet fully developed or definitely decided

• to move or stir with great force

• a deep crack in the earth's surface

"Two boats that had been washed out of the tunnel before us were now piled against the barricade—one submerged, the other cracked in half." What is a barricade?

• not yet fully developed

• a structure that is put up quickly for protection or to block the way

• a duplication or copy,

• no longer in existence or use

"I mean she was taken away from the Minotaur before she could die. She was turned into a shower of gold, right? That's metamorphosis. Not death. She's being kept." What is metamorphosis?

• a duplication or copy, esp. one smaller than the original

• to move downward or to a lower position

• to move or stir with great force

• the changes in form of some living things as they grow

We passed the Monte Carlo and the MGM. We passed pyramids, a pirate ship, and

the Statue of Liberty, which was a pretty small replica, but still made me homesick. What is a replica?

• no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct

• a duplication or copy, esp. one smaller than the original

• the changes in form of some living things as they grow

• a structure that is put up quickly for protection or to block the way