Chapter 6 B Flashcards

1
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tattered filthy rags ________________ his grimy skin

A

hung off

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2
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He struck out, slashing at the gigantic man, who staggered back with a __________

A

bellow

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3
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He caught her arm, hauling her _________, pushing her ahead of him down the hall

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to her feet

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4
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he door shook ______ as a tremendous blow struck against it from inside the apartment

A

on its hinges

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5
Q

another blow came, and this time the hinges ____ and the door flew outward

A

gave way

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6
Q

suddenly he was on ___________, the blade burning in his hand like a fallen star

A

on the top stair

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7
Q

she flattened herself against the wall as it passed in a _____________________

A

wave of heat and stink

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8
Q

then its axe was flying, _______________ the air, slicing toward Jace’s head

A

whipping through

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9
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He ducked, and it _____ heavily into the banister, biting deek

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thunked

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10
Q

Jace brought the seraph blade around in an _________________, burying it __________________ in the giant’s shoulder

A

arcing sweep; to the hilt

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11
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For a moment the giant stood ____________

A

swaying

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12
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Jace lay ___________ at the foot of the steps

A

sprawled

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13
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The hilt of |Jace’s blade ______ his shoulder

A

protruding from

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14
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He was not quite dead, but ______ Weakly, a bloody __________ leaking from his mouth

A

flopping; froth

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15
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Clary could see his face now–it was dead-white and _——–

A

papery

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16
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it was dead-white and papery, _____ with a black network of horrible scars that almost __________ his features

A

lattice; obliterated

17
Q

HIs eye sockets were red ___________

A

suppurating pits

18
Q

he grunted with pain as his legs slipped out ___________ the creatures spasming carcass

A

from under

19
Q

Blood _________ the giant’s throat, splattering Jace’s boots

A

fountained

20
Q

She half-expected the giant to vanish, ___________ itself the way the kid in Pandemonium had

A

folding in on

21
Q

Wincing, he _____ his jacket off his shoulder, _____ the upper part of his left arm

A

shrugged; baring

22
Q

An image rose in Clary’s mind. Her mother’s back, not quite covered by her bathing suit top, the _____________ of her shoulders and __________ of her spine dappled with narrow, white mars

A

blades; curves

23
Q

her mother’s back didn’t really look like that, she knew. But the image ____________ her

A

nagged at

24
Q

That ___________ accent was unmistakable

A

gravelly

25
Q

The old woman _______ her head regally

A

inclined

26
Q

she stood in the doorway of her apartment, dressed in what looked like a _____ made of raw purple silk

A

tent

27
Q

So observant, said Dorothea, her eyes gleaming. The Clave really _________ with you

A

broke the mold

28
Q

her purple tent flying around her like a _________ flag

A

guady