City of Ember

Question 1

labyrinth

Answer 1

a complicated irregular network of passages or paths in which it is difficult to find one’s way

Question 2

plummeting

Answer 2

fall or drop straight down at high speed.

Question 3

threadbare

Answer 3

becoming thin and tattered with age

Question 4

disreputable

Answer 4

not considered to be respectable in character or appearance

Question 5

brawny

Answer 5

physically strong; muscular

Question 6

clamor

Answer 6

a loud and confused noise

Question 7

chasm

Answer 7

a deep fissure in the earth, rock, or another surface.

Question 8

wry

Answer 8

using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor

Question 9

enmeshed

Answer 9

cause to become entangled in something.

Question 10

muddled

Answer 10

in a state of confusion or disorder

Question 11

rifling

Answer 11

the act of making spiral grooves

Question 12

wistfully

Answer 12

with a feeling of vague or regretful longing

Question 13

lurch

Answer 13

make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements

Question 14

flanked

Answer 14

be on each or on one side of

Question 15

jostling

Answer 15

push, elbow, or bump against, typically in a crowd

Question 16

chortled

Answer 16

laugh in a breathy, gleeful way

Question 17

illegible

Answer 17

not clear enough to be read

Question 18

recoil

Answer 18

suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

Question 19

enraged

Answer 19

very angry, furious

Question 20

taunt

Answer 20

a remark made in order to anger or provoke someone

Question 21

ambled

Answer 21

walk or move at a slow, relaxed pace

Question 22

lurking

Answer 22

remaining hidden so as to wait in ambush.

Question 23

blearily

Answer 23

eyes that are dull or dimmed especially from fatigue or sleep

Question 24

tainted

Answer 24

contaminated by or as if by dirt, impurities, or harmful organisms

Question 25

sauntering

Answer 25

to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner

Question 26

convoluted

Answer 26

extremely complex and difficult to follow

Question 27

curtly

Answer 27

brief and stiffly so it seems rude

Question 28

tumult

Answer 28

a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people