City of Ember Vocab Ch 5-8

Feeling or showing a quiet longing (want), especially for something in the past.

• Memory

• Defiant

• Mechanism

• Wistfully

"Granny's mind began to get more and more muddled". Lina came home to find that Granny had ____ cans and jars all over the kitchen.

To do something that is defiant means to

• be brave

• for sure do it

• boldly resist or rebel

• act in a rude way

To stop making or doing something is to _____ it.

• end

• discontinue

• cancel

• get rid of

The letter was difficult to read. Many letters had been left out. This made it ______

Lina tried to tell Lizzie about the document she found but Lizzie thought it was _____

The generator has a special ____ inside of it.

• button

• mechanism

• motor

• engine

A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation

• Issue

• Giving a report in front of the class

• Problem

• Predicament