City Of Ember Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: ________ fiction is an imaginary place or condition in which everything is as bad as possible.

• dystopian

• utopian

• science

• historical

Fill in the blank: ________ fiction focuses on real or imagined science.

• science

• historical

• fantasy

• romantic

Fill in the blank: ________ books are where a list of transactions are kept.

• ledger

• notebook

• diary

• journal

Fill in the blank: A ________ is a machine to keep electricity running.

• generator

• battery

• transformer

• inverter

Fill in the blank: ________ are people who collect usable things.

• scavengers

• hoarders

• collectors

• gatherers

Fill in the blank: ________ means not respectable.

• disreputable

• respectable

• honorable

• admirable

Fill in the blank: ________ means having the power to impress.

• impressive

• ordinary

• unimpressive

• mediocre

Fill in the blank: A ________ is the part by which a machine operates.

• mechanism

• engine

• circuit

• gear

To ________ means to laugh or chuckle.

• chortled

• cry

• scream

• whisper

Fill in the blank: ________ means very hard to read.

• illegible

• readable

• clear

• understandable