Chapter 2 Secrets and Lies Flashcards

1
Q

The dark prince sat _____ his black steed, his ____ cape _______ behind him

A

astride; sable; flowing

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2
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a golden _______ _____ his blond locks, his handsome face was cold with the rage of battle…

A

circlet bound

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3
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He was the youngest of two children and had a finely _____ sense of familial justice

A

honed

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4
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I let her down, I made her worry, blah blah blah. I am the _______ of her existence

A

bane

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5
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bane

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bane
/bān/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a cause of great distress or annoyance.
"the bane of the decorator is the long, narrow hall"
Similar:
scourge
ruin
death
plague
ruination
destruction
torment
torture
menace
suffering
pain
distress
hardship
cross to bear
burden
thorn in one's flesh/side
bitter pill
affliction
calamity
despair
trouble
misery
woe
tribulation
misfortune
nuisance
pest
headache
trial
blight
curse
nightmare
ARCHAIC
something, typically poison, that causes death.
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6
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I am going to get in rouble, I don’t want it to be ______________________ Eric’s lousy poetry

A

on account of

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7
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on account of

A

beacuse of

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8
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they had formed a rock band together at the start of ______________ year

A

sophomore year

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9
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sophomore

A

second year college or high school student

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10
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It’s poetry ________________ from your house. It’s not like I’m inviting you to some ____ in Hoboken.

A

slam around the black; orgy

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11
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orgy

A
or·gy
/ˈôrjē/
Learn to pronounce
noun
a wild party, especially one involving excessive drinking and unrestrained sexual activity.
"he had a reputation for drunken orgies"
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12
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The door opened with a thump. It was Luke, his arms full of what looked like big square pieces of ____________

A

pasteboard

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13
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Parking the truk, he said, straightening his _____ frame with a groan

A

lanky

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14
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He was dressed in his usual uniform: old jeans, a flannel shirt, and a ____ pair of gold-rimmed spectacles that sat ____ on the bridge of his nose

A

bent; askew

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15
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The world still ____ with those _____ beings whom a more sober philosophy has discarded.

A

teems with; motley

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16
Q

The _____ fell out of uke’s hand, and hit the tiled hearth.

A

tape gun

17
Q

she wore _______ overalls over a lavender T-shirt, and brown hiking boots whose ____ were _____ with oil paint

A

soles; caked

18
Q

Jocelyn pushed a _____ hair behind her ear and went to join her daughter on the couch

A

dangling lock of

19
Q

Up close Clary could see how tired her mother looked. Tehre were dark _____ under her eyes, and her lids were ____ with sleeplessness

A

half moons; pearly

20
Q

taut

A
taut adjective
\ ˈtȯt  \
Definition of taut (Entry 1 of 3)
1a: having no give or slack : tightly drawn
a taut rope
21
Q

her voice was as ____ as wire

A

taut

22
Q

Clary heard the _______ in her mother’s tone and realized she was serious

A

implacability

23
Q

When he straightened, his mouth was ________________________

A

set in a grim line

24
Q

Clary said ____________, and had the satisfaction of seeing her moth __________

A

venomously, flinch

25
Q

he ______________, looking apologetically ovre his shoulder at Clary’s mother

A

dug his heels in

26
Q

shades of its former grandeur were still evient in the curving staircase, the chipped marble entryway floor, and the wide ______ skylight overhead

A

single-paned

27
Q

A gold ____________ fixed to the door proclaimed her to be Madame Dorothea, seeress and prophetess.

A

plaque

28
Q

Nice to see she’s doing a ____________ business

A

booming

29
Q

Simon blinked, clearly taken __________

A

aback

30
Q

Clary said for the fourth time, _____ a stray bit of guacamole around her plate with the tip of a nacho

A

chasing

31
Q

Clary, Simon interrupted her ______

A

tirade

32
Q

Clary ____________ to cool her burning mouth

A

sucked in air

33
Q

baby, I am sorry I _____ the vacation plan ___ you

A

sprang on

34
Q

Oh, is that what ERic doe? Ithought he just _______ money ___ you and went around telling girls at school that he was in a band in order to impress them

A

mooched off

35
Q

a little girl with yellow plastic clips in her hair who was clutching a __________________ with gold streaked sapphire wings

A

pixie doll

36
Q

clary had been treated ___________ Sheila’s underwear __________ the wasitband of her super-low-rise jeans

A

treated to the sight of; riding up above

37
Q

Clary nodded. She could see her mother in her mind’s eye, small and alone in the doorway of their apartment. Guilt _________________ in her chest

A

unfurled