Vocabulary • Ch 3 - The City of Ember • Fill in the blanks

I caught a fleeting _________ of her as she hurried past.

• glimpse

• sheer

• emerge

• chasm

The _________ size of the building was staggering.

• turbulent

• clamor

• sheer

• vertical

The protesters outside the government building continued to _________ for their voices to be heard.

• sheer

• glimpse

• minute

• clamor

The school decided to _________ the student for vandalizing school property.

• turbulent

• minute

• expel

• glimpse

The pencil stood perfectly _________ on the desk.

• glimpse

• emerge

• vertical

• expel

The artist carefully aligned the paintings in a _________ line on the gallery wall.

• turbulent

• sheer

• horizontal

• vertical

The sun began to _________ from behind the clouds.

• emerge

• vertical

• glimpse

• horizontal

The hiker stared into the deep _________, hesitant to take the next step.

• vertical

• glimpse

• expel

• chasm

The plane experienced _________ weather during the flight.

• horizontal

• sheer

• turbulent

• glimpse

She waited anxiously for every _________ to pass, hoping for good news.

• expel

• minute

• clamor

• horizontal