The Lightning Thief Vocabulary chapters 9-11

grapple

• release

• let go

• struggle; wrestle with someone

• a green apple

• a dessert

proverbial

• different

• abnormal

• unknown

• well known; object of a common reference

prevail

• to win; succeed

• lose

• fail

• surrender

drachma

• Monopoly Money

• ancient Greek coin

• new money

• American coins

riveted

• absorbed; consumed

• existing

• ignoring

• idle

melancholy

• bright

• happy

• gloomy; somber

• joyful

careen

• slow

• leaning or tipping to one side

• straighten

• paused

bray

• loud harsh cry of an animal

• quiet sound

• giggle

• laugh

emporium

• fancy home

• fast food restaurant

• a large retail store selling a variety of items

• boutique

writhing

• calm

• still

• comfortable

• twisting and turning in pain