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Erstwhile
The Vintage Brad Bury: The Martian Chronicles " ' My God! ' cried Alexander Pape, erstwhile potentate of the clique." (BradBury 4). Mary Anderson, erstwhile the queen of America's stage -
commonest
occurring, found, or done often, prevalent. " salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings'' -
Pseudonym
A fictitious name, especially on used by an athour. -
Fetlock
Percy Jackson the Lightning Thief Rick Riordan. A joint of a horse's or other quadruped's leg between the cannon bone and pastern. (Riordan 74) -
Pavilion
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
A building or similar structure used for a specific purpose, in particular. (Riordan pg.103) -
Threshold
A strip of wood, metal, or stone forming the bottom of a doorway and crossed in entering a house or a room. (Riordan page.131 -
Careened
Percy Jackson and the Olympians:Move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specified direction (Riordan pg. 164) -
Solstice
Either of the two times in the year, the summer solstice and the winter solstice, when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days (Riordan page 201) -
Neon
Fluorescent lighting or signs ( whether containing neon or some other gas) Riordan pg 258 -
Suspicious
Having or showing a cautious distrust in someone or something. Riordan pg 258 -
Willingly
Readily of ones free will Riordan pg 273 -
Conglomerate
Assassin´s Creed: The Last Descendants - pgs 4-12
a number of different things or parts that are put or grouped together to form a whole but remain distinct entities. - Matthew J. Kirby -
Clad
Assassins Creed: The Last Descendants - pg 37 ¨ Only to be replaced by another warrior clad in rings of iron¨ Past participle of clothe -
Wounding
Assassins Creed: The Last Descendants - pg 38
¨ The armored beast leapt and kicked, wounding and trampling as the rider´s sword slashed and hacked.¨ Causing physical injury. -
mantle (37)
Dairy of a wimpy kid: The Ugly Truth pg 18 - 51
A mantelpiece or mantelshelf -
Depended (74)
Diary of a Wimpy kid: The Ugly Truth 64 -76
To be controlled or determined by, to rely on -
Confiscated (136)
Diary of a Wimpy kid The Ugly Truth ´´ Mr. Tanner said people needed to be ´social´, so he confiscated all the cell phones.´´
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Massacre
an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of people,deliberately and violently kill (a large number of people),inflict a heavy defeat on (a sports team or contestant). -
Impression pg 42
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth Greg put a whoopee cushion on his great grandmother's chair so she would sit on it. After everyone left they all got a handwritten apology from Gammie about her slip, Which stated,'' I hope that this unfortunate mishap does not not become the lasting impression of what was otherwise a glorious and blessed occasion.'' An idea, feeling, or opinion about something or someone, especially one formed without conscious thought or on the basis of little evidence. -
Chaperone pg-135
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth pg-135 " Most of the chaperones were parents, but a few of them were teachers." pg-135 Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Ugly Truth A person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people.
