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Chapter 4 Ravener Flashcards

1
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She _________ impatiently on the ____ of her feet while traffic _____________ in a blur of headlights

A

jittered up and down; balls; whized by

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Her eyes were _______ the dimness

A

adjusting to

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The woman was ________ into it like an overstuffed cushion

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wedged

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4
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Your mother, Dorothea said, has been making a ___________ up there

A

god-awful racket

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5
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And the ____________ light’s burned out, did you notice

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stairwell

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The skylight needs washing too It’s filthy. No wonder it’s nearly _____________ in here

A

pitch-black

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7
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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

A

grout

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8
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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 ______

A

chop up; hinges

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9
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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

A

wedge-shaped shaft of light

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landing

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a level part of a staircase (as at the end of a flight of stairs)

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Her mother’s keys and pink handbag were on the small _____ shelf by the door, where she always left them

A

wrought iron

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she went into the living room. Both windows were open, yards of __________ white curtains blowing in the breeze like restless ghosts

A

gauzy

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gauzy

A 
gauz·y
/ˈɡôzē/
Learn to pronounce
adjective
resembling gauze; thin and translucent.
"a gauzy dress"
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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

A

innards

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15
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The bookshelves had been ______, their contents scattered

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tipped over

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16
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gAPE

A

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.

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17
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mOST TERRIFYING WERE THE PAINTINGS. eVERY SINGLE ONE HAD BEEN CUT FROM ITS FRAME AND RIPPED INTO _______

A

STRIPS

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18
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tHE EMPTY FRAMES LOOKED LIKE _______________

A

bones picked clean

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19
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It was empty, the cabinet doors open, a smacshed bottle of Tabasco sauce spilling peppery red liquid onto the ______________

A

linoleum

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20
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Clary’s own face smiled back at her from the top of the bedside table, five years old, _____________ smile framed by strawberry hair.

A

gap-toothed smile

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21
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no, not silence–a noise sounded through the apartment, raising the short hairs along the _____ of her neck

A

nape

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22
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It was crouched against the floor, a long, scaled creature witha _________ of flat black eys set dead center in the front of its _______ skull

A

cluster; domed

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23
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it had a thick, flat _____ and a ______ tail that whipped menacingly from side to side

A

snout; barbed

24
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snout

A 
snout
/snout/
Learn to pronounce
noun
1.
the projecting nose and mouth of an animal, especially a mammal.
25
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multiple legs _____ underneath it as it readied itself to _______

A

bunched; spring

26
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A shriek _____ itself _____ of Clary’s throat

A

tore; out

27
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She ____ to the side and it missed her by inches

A

rolled

28
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she rolled to the side and it missed her by inches, sliding along the wood floor, its claws ______ deep grooves

A

gouging

29
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its claws gouging ______

A

deep groves

30
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A low growl ____ from its throat

A

bubbled

31
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where it hang like a gigantic _____ spider

A

malignant

32
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its jaws opened slowly showing a row of __________________ spilling greenish _____

A

fanged teeth; drool

33
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A long black tongue _____ out between its jaws as it gurgled and hissed

A

flickered

34
Q

she seized a heavy framed photo off the ______ beside her

A

bureau

35
Q

herself and her mother and Luke at Coney Island, about to go on the _______________

A

bumper cars

36
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The photograph hit its______ and bounced off

A

midsection

37
Q

The creature didn’t seem to notice. It _______ her, broken glass _______ under its feet

A

came on toward; splintering

38
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Bones, to ____, to suck out the marrow, to drink the veins

A

crunch

39
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The creature ______ her, knocking her to the ground

A

hurtled into

40
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She ______ to the side, but it was too heavy

A

twisted

41
Q

her arms was ______ between her body and the monster’s

A

pinned

42
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Suddenly, the thing began to twitch. __________ uncontrollably, it rolled off Clary and onto its back, multiple legs ______ the air

A

spasming; churning

43
Q

she nearly reached the door when she heard something ________________ the air next to her head

A

whistle through

44
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there was a high wailing noise, _____________ like the scream of a terrified child

A

rising in pitch

45
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Clary _____ and opened her eys

A

gagged

46
Q

she was lying on cold damp grass. The night sky _______ overhead, the ________ of stars washed out by city lights

A

rippled; pewter gleam

47
Q

Clary turned her head to the side, disobediently, and was rewarded with a ____________________ that shot down her back

A

razoring stab of pain

48
Q

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

A

sting

49
Q

It was smeared with something waxy, like the gardener’s _____ her mother used to keep her paint– and turpentine-abused hands soft

A

salve

50
Q

Clary saw the hand was fleshless, a skeleton hand ______________________________ at the fingertips

A

sharpened to bone points

51
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he grabbed her wrist, turned it over so the white, vulnerable flesh of her inner arm ____________ under the moonlight

A

lay bare

52
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Clary felt her knees ______________

A

buckle

53
Q

It was a long, luiminous cylinder, as thick around as an index finger and ________________

A

tapering to a point

54
Q

He caught her as if he were used to catching fainting girls, as if he did it every day. Maybe he did. He _____________________

A

swung her up into his arms

55
Q

Clary tipped her head back to look at him but saw only the stars _____________________ the dark sky overhead

A

cartwheeling across

56
Q

Then the bottom ___________________________________, and even Jace’s arms around her were not enough to keep her from falling

A

dropped out of everything

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