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Chapter 1 Pandemonium B Flashcards

1
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The blue-haired boy was ___________________ the dance floor

A

making his way off

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2
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Oh, well, clary thought, trying not to feel like a __________________

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deflated party balloon

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3
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Sion hated _______ music.

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trance

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4
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It wasn’t anything Clary hadn’t seen before, a couple ____________________ the dark corners of the club to ____________

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sneaking off to; make out

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5
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The girl ____ her an evil look

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shot

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6
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Simon was still tring to ______ his way across the dance floor

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shove

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7
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What faint light there was in the storage room ____________________ high barred windows smeared with dirt

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spilled down trhough

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8
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PIles of electrical cables, along with __________________________ and discarded paint cans, littered the floor

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broken bits of mirrored disco balls

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9
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There was some sort of bracelet around her wrist, just under the __________ of her dress–then, as he neared her, he saw that it wasn’t a bracelet at all but a pattern ______________ her skin, a _______ of swirling lines

A

cuff; inked into; matrix

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10
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he didn’t finish. She moved with lightning swiftness, ________________________ him with her open hand, a blow to his chest that would have _________________________ if he’d been a human being

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striking out at him; sent him down gasping

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11
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he ______, and now there was something in her hand, a coiling whip that __________ gold as she __________, _______________, _____________

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staggered back; glinted; brought it down, curling around his ankles, jerking him off his feet

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12
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he hit the ground, _________, writhing, the hated metal biting deep into his skin

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writhing

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writhing

A 
writhing
/ˈrīT͟HiNG/
Learn to pronounce
adjective
making twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body.
"a writhing heap of maggots"
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14
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isabelle ________ the whip, securing it

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yanked hard on the whip

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15
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a boy, as young as Isabelle and just as pretty. His _______ eyes glittered like chips of amber

A

tawny

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16
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it was as if they had ______________________ between one bink of her eyes and the next

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sprung into existence

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17
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The fair boy was standing with his hands in his pockets, facing the _______________, who was tied to a pillar with what looked like piano wire

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punk kid

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18
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his face was _________ with pain and fear

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pulled tight

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19
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punk

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punk. A punk is a young troublemaker. If your elderly neighbor thinks of you as a young punk, he either thinks all kids are bad — or you did something that really disturbed him. The Algonquin word for dust or ashes, ponk is the most likely root of punk, which originally described rotten wood used to start fires.

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20
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clary ducked behind the nearest concerete pillar and ________________________

A

peered around it

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21
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she watched as the fiar-haired boy paced back and forth, his arms now __________________

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crossed over his chest

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22
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Clary woundered what he was talking about. Maybe she’d stumbled into some kind of ___________

A

gang war

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23
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the blue haried boy’s tone was pained but _______

A

surly

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surly

A 
sur·ly
/ˈsərlē/
Learn to pronounce
adjective
bad-tempered and unfriendly.
"he left with a surly expression"
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25
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demons, __________ the blond boy, tracing the word on the air with his finger

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drawled

26
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drawl

A 
drawl
/drôl/
Learn to pronounce
verb
speak in a slow, lazy way with prolonged vowel sounds.
"“Suits me fine,” he drawled"
27
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demons, drawled the blond boy, _____ the word _____ the air with his finger.

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tracing on

28
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demons, drawled the blond boy, tracing the word on the air with his finger. Religiously defined as hell’s _____________, the servants of Satan, but understood here, for the purpose of the Clave, to be any malevolent spirit whose origin is outside our own home dimension

A

denizens

29
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denizen

A 
den·i·zen
/ˈdenəzən/
Learn to pronounce
noun
FORMAL•HUMOROUS
an inhabitant or occupant of a particular place.
"denizens of field and forest"
30
Q

Jace raised his hand, and Clary saw dim light ____________ the knife he was holding

A

spark off

31
Q

It was oddly ____________, the blade clear as crystal, sharp as __________________; the _____ set with red stones

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translucent; a shard of glass; hilt

32
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The bound boy gasped. VAlentine is back! he protested, dragging at the _____ that held his hands behind his back

A

bonds

33
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Rage _____ suddenly in Jace’s icy eyes

A

flared

34
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that’s true, admitted jace, _____ the knife between his fingers

A

twirling

35
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He pointed at the boy with blue hair, whose eyes were ____________

A

slitted

36
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at that moment the blue-haired boy, with a high, ___________________, tore free of the restraints binding him to the pillar, and _____ himself ___ Jace

A

yowling cry; flung; on

37
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The _____ the gournd and _____ together

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fell to; roll

38
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Clary backed up, wan ting to run, but her feet ________ a loop of wiring and he went down

A

caught on

39
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Blod ______ at the tips of his razorlike claws

A

gleamed

40
Q

Isabelle and Alec were running toward them, Isabelle _______ a whip in her hand

A

brandishing

41
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The blue-haired boy _______ Jace with claws extended

A

slashed

42
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Swift as a _____ of Isabelle’s whip, Jace rolled over

A

flick

43
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He sank the knife into the blue-haired boy’s chest. Blackish liquid _______ around the hilt

A

exploded

44
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The boy __________ the floor, gurgling and twisting

A

arched off

45
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The boy arched off the floor, ___________________

A

gurgling and twisting

46
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The hilt was ____ with black fluid

A

slick

47
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The blue-ahired boy’s eyes ________________ open

A

flickered

48
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Jace seemed to ________. The boy’s eyes rolled back. His body began to ______ as he crumpled

A

snarl

49
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Clary turned to run–and found her way blocked by Isabelle, _____________________

A

whip in hand

50
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The gold length of it was stained with dark fluid. she _____ it toward Clary, and the end wrapped itself around her wrist and _____________

A

flicked; jerked tight

51
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He’s crzy, Clary said, trying to pull he wrist back. The whip ____ deeper ____ her skin

A

bit deeper into

52
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Jace drew his arm away. A ghoulish ________ of blood marked his face

A

freckling

53
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The whip _____ away, freeing Clary’s arm

A

slithered

54
Q

HAVE YOU HAD DEALINGS WITH DEMONS, LITTLE GIRL, walked with _________, talked with the night children

A

warlocks

55
Q

One of the ________ who’d been stamping hands at the front door was next to him

A

burly

56
Q

he grinned at her and _____ a half apologetic, half mocking shrug

A

dropped

57
Q

standing at the curb, tried desperately to ________

A

hail a cab

58
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Simon raised his hand over his head, but the oncoming taxis ___________________, spraying dirty water

A

whizzed

59
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she glanced down at her wrist, _______________ by a thin red line where Isabelle’s whip had curled

A

braceleted

60
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lay into

A

[lay into someone] to attack someone physically or with cruel words because you are angry with them
My parents really laid into me for being so late.
Synonyms and related words

61
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to attack

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[lay into someone] to attack someone physically or with cruel words because you are angry with them
My parents really laid into me for being so late.
Synonyms and related words

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