Chapter 29 Flashcards
Just breathe and let your thoughts ______ away.
float
My eyes dart around ,trying to look at anything but her ___________ dirigibles.
on-display
She taps the velvet ____________________ opposite the crystal.
at the bottom edge
The cards are slippery and a little _________ in my hands.
clumsy
clumsy means
difficult to handle or use; unwieldy. “chairs with clumsy wooden armrests”
sunburst
squiggly
abuduction means
noun
noun: abduction; plural noun: abductions
1.
the action or an instance of forcibly taking someone away against their will.
Coop makes fun of me all the time. Says I’m way too gullible. But I don’t care. There are too many strange things in the world to _______________________.
discount it all
discount
regard (a possibility, fact, or person) as being unworthy of consideration because it lacks credibility.
“I’d heard rumors, but discounted them”
Try to clear my mind, to let all of my thoughts and feelings __________________. Which is harder than you might imagine. Especially when there are very specific thoughts that are _____________ your attention–like Nesa’s plunging Neckline.
drift off; insist on
insist on
To insist on something is to demand or swear to it. You can insist that you didn’t eat the last piece of cake, and then insist that your brother show your mom the bits of frosting on his fingers. The verb insist comes from the Latin insistere, meaning “persist,” “dwell upon,” or “stand on.”
plunging neckline
adorned with jewels
bejeweled
Especially when there are very specific thoughts that are ___________________ your attention–like Nessa’s plunging neckline. Or the ____________ cross that’s __________ ever so gently between her breasts.
insisting on; bejeweled; bobbing
Nessa smiles, her dark lips _____ and __________.
full and glistening
stormtrooper
stand at attention
: to stand silently with the body stiff and straight, the feet together, and both arms at the sides
The troops stood at attention.
I blink hard and point at the necklace to try and ________ this one.
salvage
It isn’t a Christian cross. It’s a way older symbol than that. I wear it to remind me that we are constantly __________________ in our lives. And that you are always being asked to make choices.
at crossroads
Well. Let’s find out, hall we? Nessa ____________ the tarot cards in my hands.
gestures at
Sure. Okay. I cut the cards three times, feeling a little __________________ and jangly inside.
helium headed
jangle
verb (used with object), jangled, jangling.
- to cause to make a harsh, discordant, usually metallic sound:
He jangled the pots and pans.
I cut the cards three times, feeling a little helium headed and ___________.
jangly inside
She closes her eyes and _______ her hands _____ the deck.
hovers; over
Eyes still closed, Nessa ____________ three cards and places them facedown in a row.
deals out
It’s like when I go to the doctor and she tells me she’s gong to ________________ and I get an all-over-body queasiness.
take blood
It stare at the picture of a hand ____________________ the earth and holding a flaming wand _______ glowing jewels.
bursting out of; topped with
Does that make any sense to you? Do you feel like something new is coming into your life? Something that maybe you’re afraid to fully ___________?
embrace
Hold on. Nesa flips the page and _______________________________.
runs her finger down it
The other two should clarify thing. She _______ the center card ____.
flips over
A Grim REaper wearing purple robes sits o top of a large skull. In the backkground, a ginle white rose _____________ the scorched landscape.
sprouts from
A grim ___________ wearing purple robes sits on top of a large skull.
reaper
Grim reaper
a personification of death in the form of a cloaked skeleton wielding a large scythe.
Nessa ___________ her book. Okay now. The two of swords. It means a stalemate situation. A conflict between what your heart wants and what your brain is telling you.
thumbs through
Then I remeber Evelyn. Ew. Talk about ________________________. Well, I guess maybe.
salt on a slug
The world is being overrun by lifeless, soulless creatures that must be defeated so that a new and better world can ___________________.
rise from the ashes
She leans forward, giving me an even closer look ______________. Sweet mother of Thor. don’t you see?
down her shirt
She leans forward, giving me an even closer look down her shirt. ____________________.
sweet mother of Thor
My eyes ________________ her amazing cleavage and the Grim Reaper.
bounce between
I do my best to smile, but the ____________ of the Grim Reaper looms large.
specter
specter
a ghost
I do my best to smile, but the specter of the Grim Reaper _____________.
looms large
