Chapters 17-23 Using Vocab in Context-Quiz

Another mechanical squeal screeched through the Maze, close now, followed by the surge of REVVED machinery.

• high pitched noises
• getting louder with time
• operate with increasing speed

Its body resembled a gigantic slug, sparsely covered in hair and glistening with slime, GROTESQUELY pulsating in and out as it breathed.

• repulsively ugly
• very beautiful
• extremely shiny

I’m sorry, Alby, he thought as he unraveled the thick vine from his chest. Using his left hand to hold tight to the FOLIAGE above him, he finished unwrapping himself and prepared to move.

• debris
• plant leaves
• branches

A sharp creak revealed a small victory, but any ELATION ended when he realized the momentum of his swing was not pulling him back down to land right on top of the creature.

• great happiness
• extreme pain
• good movements

It was over. Not even a week of SALVAGEABLE memory and his life was over.

• forgetful
• painful
• recoverable

Thomas quickly scrambled to the edge of the ABYSS, poking his head over to see the falling Grievers. But impossibly, they were gone – not even a sign of them in the emptiness that stretched below. Nothing.

• bottomless or endless
• empty or clear
• invisible or not seen

Once settled, he realized they were the Keepers, and to his CHAGRIN that meant Gally was among them.

• sadness
• happiness
• distress

The only reason you were stung is because you broke the same rule you’re blaming Thomas for. That’s called HYPOCRISY, you shuck-faced piece of – “

• breaking the rules
• claiming to have moral standards to follow
• extreme anger at someone

The tension was PALPABLE; Thomas felt like the air in the room had become glass that could shatter at any second.

• able to be touched or felt
• intense emotions
• breathing in or out

His emotions were scattered; appreciation for Minho standing up to everybody on his behalf, disbelief at Gally’s continuous BELLIGERENCE, fear of what the final decision would be.

• intense fear
• aggressive behavior
• extreme happiness