The Lightning Thief Vocabulary

Living forever, never dying or decaying

• Oracle

• Kleptomaniac

• Immortal

• Parapet

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A person who has an irresistible impulse to steal, stemming from emotional disturbance rather than economic need

• Stele

• Oracle

• Immortal

• kleptomaniac

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A tool used for cutting crops such as wheat with a long curved blade at the end of a pole

• scythe

• stele

• caduceus

• frieze

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

An upright stone slab or column typically bearing a commemorative inscription or religious design

• frieze

• stele

• hippodrome

• dais

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

A wide horizontal band of painted or sculpted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling

• stele

• frieze

• facade

• portcullis

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The outer, structural framework of a piece of audio, radio, or computer equipment

• dais

• queue

• chassis

• lanolin

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Split or divided in two

• charisma

• melancholy

• hewn

• cloven

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A fatty substance found on sheep’s wool that is extracted and used as a base for ointments

• lanolin

• realm

• debris

• drachmas

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

To provoke or annoy

• goad

• careen

• mimic

• maim

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

An outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a less pleasant reality

• omen

• facade

• archetype

• frieze

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A