TLT Vocab List 10 Ch. 17-19

1. “‘Do not judge the Lord of the Sea too harshly,’ the Nereid told me. ‘He stands at the _________________ of an unwanted war.  He has much to occupy his time.  Besides, he is forbidden to help you directly. The gods may not show such favoritism.’”(p. 272)
   
   

“The dead __________________ up in the three lines, two marked ATTENDANT ON DUTY, and one marked EZ DEATH. The EZ DEATH line was moving right along.  The other two were crawling.” (p. 291)

“The bottom of our boat slid back onto the sand.  The dead began to ___________________. A woman holding a little girl’s hand.  An old man and old woman hobbling along arm in arm.” (p. 290)

“The security guard’s desk was a raised ___________________, so we had to look up at him.” (p. 284)

“He wasn’t bulked up like Ares, but he radiated power. He lounged on his throne of fused human bones, looking ____________________, graceful, and dangerous as a panther.” (p. 309)

“‘Do not play innocent with me, girl. You and the satyr have been helping this hero – coming here to threaten me in Poseidon’s name, no doubt – to bring me an ___________________. Does Poseidon think I can be blackmailed into supporting him?’” (p. 313)

“‘I know you journey to Hades’s ____________________,’ she said. ‘Few mortals have ever done this and survived: Orpheus, who had great music skill; Hercules, who had great strength; Houdini, who could escape even the depths of Tartarus.  Do you have these talents?’” (p. 272)

“Inside the courtyard was the strangest garden I’d ever seen.  Multicolored mushrooms, poisonous shrubs, and weird ____________________ plants grew without sunlight.” (p. 307)

“‘There you have it, America.’ Barbara Walters turned to the camera. ‘A man torn apart. An adolescent boy with serious issues. Let me show you again, the last known photo of this troubled young ____________________ taken a week ago in Denver.’” (p. 275)

1. “He yelped again.  His shoes were flapping like crazy now.  They ____________________ off the ground and started dragging him away from us.” (p. 303)