The City of Ember Vocabulary 13-16

She needed someone wise and sensible to help her sort things out.

• short

• foolish

• reasonable

• intelligent

Lina saw that Clary was no better at deciphering the puzzle than she was.

• eating quickly

• making out the meaning of

• digging up

• brushing aside

“It means ‘the way out.’ It means ‘the exit.’ The title of this document is ‘Instructions for Egress.’”

• exit

• envelope

• entrance

• freedom

She thought about the mayor, down in his room full of plunder, gorging on peaches and asparagus and wrapping his huge body in elegant new clothes.

• food

• junk

• expensive items

• stolen goods

He ran a finger over their convoluted surface.

• highly complex

• simple

• faded

• hidden

Lina stepped across the threshold.

• the entrance or passage into a room or building

• steps down

• riverbank

• the steep slope of a hill

Doon shook his head in bewilderment. “Maybe a candle is a kind of handle,” he said.

• frustration

• clarity

• confusion

• joy

What was the power that turned the worm into a moth? It was greater than any power the Builders had had, he was sure of that. The power that ran the city of Ember was feeble by comparison—and about to run out.

• extremely bright

• abundant

• excessively slow

• very weak or ineffective

She pictured frenzied crowds of people, and Poppy tiny and lost among them.

• agitated and panicked

• very large

• slow moving

• fierce and angry

“Spreading vicious rumors,” said the guard. “Telling dangerous lies calculated to cause civic unrest.”

• of or belonging to a city

• national

• a slight amount

• popular