City of Ember Chapters 1-8 Vocabulary

Store clerks used ________________ books to record the orders that cam in and went out.

Feeling tired or fatigued, often as a result of physical or mental exertion

• resonant

• raucous

• defiant

• weary

Match the following: producing a deep, clear, and continuing sound or vibration

• resonant

• welling

• strewn

• reluctantly

• hoisted

Doon _______________ listened as both the pipeworks laborer and electrician's helper jobs were chosen.

Small streams or channels of water, often referring to those found in nature

• rivulets

• ledgers

• mechanisms

• hogwash

Match the following: Rising to the surface, often used to describe emotions or tears

• resonant

• raucous

• pungent

• welling

Which of the following terms is NOT an adjective:

• surefooted

• defiant

• hogwash

• pungent

To cease or stop something, often a practice, service, or product

Going into the "Unknow Regions" could be a real _________________ for anyone who might try.

• mechanism

• predicament

• raucous

• hogwash

When Lina found the message, it was ____________, and she was unable to tell what it said.

• illegible

• weary

• hoisted

• surefooted