Chapter 4 Ravener Flashcards
She _________ impatiently on the ____ of her feet while traffic _____________ in a blur of headlights
jittered up and down; balls; whized by
Her eyes were _______ the dimness
adjusting to
The woman was ________ into it like an overstuffed cushion
wedged
Your mother, Dorothea said, has been making a ___________ up there
god-awful racket
And the ____________ light’s burned out, did you notice
stairwell
The skylight needs washing too It’s filthy. No wonder it’s nearly _____________ in here
pitch-black
Once she got Luke to come around and change the lightbulb, she’d ask him to do a hundred other things–ick up her groceries, _____ her shower
grout
once she’d made him _______ an old sofa with an axe so she could get it out of the apartment without taking the door off the ______
chop up; hinges
Clary’s sense that something was wrong only increased when she reached the apartment door. It was unlocked, hanging slightly open, spilling a _______________________ onto the landing
wedge-shaped shaft of light
landing
a level part of a staircase (as at the end of a flight of stairs)
Her mother’s keys and pink handbag were on the small _____ shelf by the door, where she always left them
wrought iron
she went into the living room. Both windows were open, yards of __________ white curtains blowing in the breeze like restless ghosts
gauzy
gauzy
gauz·y /ˈɡôzē/ Learn to pronounce adjective resembling gauze; thin and translucent. "a gauzy dress"
Clary see that the cushions had been ripped from the sofa and scattered around the room. Some were torn lengthwise, cotton ______ spilling onto the floor
innards
The bookshelves had been ______, their contents scattered
tipped over
gAPE
gaped, gap·ing.
to stare with open mouth, as in wonder. to open the mouth wide involuntarily, as the result of hunger, sleepiness, or absorbed attention.
mOST TERRIFYING WERE THE PAINTINGS. eVERY SINGLE ONE HAD BEEN CUT FROM ITS FRAME AND RIPPED INTO _______
STRIPS
tHE EMPTY FRAMES LOOKED LIKE _______________
bones picked clean
It was empty, the cabinet doors open, a smacshed bottle of Tabasco sauce spilling peppery red liquid onto the ______________
linoleum
Clary’s own face smiled back at her from the top of the bedside table, five years old, _____________ smile framed by strawberry hair.
gap-toothed smile
no, not silence–a noise sounded through the apartment, raising the short hairs along the _____ of her neck
nape
It was crouched against the floor, a long, scaled creature witha _________ of flat black eys set dead center in the front of its _______ skull
cluster; domed
it had a thick, flat _____ and a ______ tail that whipped menacingly from side to side
snout; barbed
snout
snout /snout/ Learn to pronounce noun 1. the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal.
multiple legs _____ underneath it as it readied itself to _______
bunched; spring
A shriek _____ itself _____ of Clary’s throat
tore; out
She ____ to the side and it missed her by inches
rolled
she rolled to the side and it missed her by inches, sliding along the wood floor, its claws ______ deep grooves
gouging
its claws gouging ______
deep groves
A low growl ____ from its throat
bubbled
where it hang like a gigantic _____ spider
malignant
its jaws opened slowly showing a row of __________________ spilling greenish _____
fanged teeth; drool
A long black tongue _____ out between its jaws as it gurgled and hissed
flickered
she seized a heavy framed photo off the ______ beside her
bureau
herself and her mother and Luke at Coney Island, about to go on the _______________
bumper cars
The photograph hit its______ and bounced off
midsection
The creature didn’t seem to notice. It _______ her, broken glass _______ under its feet
came on toward; splintering
Bones, to ____, to suck out the marrow, to drink the veins
crunch
The creature ______ her, knocking her to the ground
hurtled into
She ______ to the side, but it was too heavy
twisted
her arms was ______ between her body and the monster’s
pinned
Suddenly, the thing began to twitch. __________ uncontrollably, it rolled off Clary and onto its back, multiple legs ______ the air
spasming; churning
she nearly reached the door when she heard something ________________ the air next to her head
whistle through
there was a high wailing noise, _____________ like the scream of a terrified child
rising in pitch
Clary _____ and opened her eys
gagged
she was lying on cold damp grass. The night sky _______ overhead, the ________ of stars washed out by city lights
rippled; pewter gleam
Clary turned her head to the side, disobediently, and was rewarded with a ____________________ that shot down her back
razoring stab of pain
That ravener demon got you in the back of the neck. It was half-dead so it wasn’t much of a ______, but we have to get you to the institute
sting
It was smeared with something waxy, like the gardener’s _____ her mother used to keep her paint– and turpentine-abused hands soft
salve
Clary saw the hand was fleshless, a skeleton hand ______________________________ at the fingertips
sharpened to bone points
he grabbed her wrist, turned it over so the white, vulnerable flesh of her inner arm ____________ under the moonlight
lay bare
Clary felt her knees ______________
buckle
It was a long, luiminous cylinder, as thick around as an index finger and ________________
tapering to a point
He caught her as if he were used to catching fainting girls, as if he did it every day. Maybe he did. He _____________________
swung her up into his arms
Clary tipped her head back to look at him but saw only the stars _____________________ the dark sky overhead
cartwheeling across
Then the bottom ___________________________________, and even Jace’s arms around her were not enough to keep her from falling
dropped out of everything
