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Lightning Thief Flashcards

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Materialized (verb)
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Appearing very suddenly.

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Delinquent (noun)
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A young person who performs illegal or immoral acts.

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Pulverize (verb)
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To reduce.

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Dyslexia (noun)
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A learning disability with a lack of proficiency in reading.

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Burly (adj)
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Strongly and heavily built.

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Maiming (transitive word)
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To mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously.

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Spontaneous (adj)
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Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external constraint.

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Solstice (noun)
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Either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest.

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Drachmas (Noun)
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Ancient Greek units of weight.

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Hyperventintilating (verb)
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To breathe rapidly and deeply.

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Infrared (adj)
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Situated outside the visible spectrum at its red end —used radiation having a wavelength between about 700 nanometers and 1 millimeter

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Migraine (adj)
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A condition marked by recurring moderate to severe headaches with throbbing pain that usually lasts from four hours to three days.

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Inconvenient (adj)
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Not convenient especially in giving trouble or annoyance.

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Parthenon (noun)
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A Doric temple of Athena was built on the acropolis at Athens in the fifth-century b.c.

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Temperamental (adj)
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Marked by excessive sensitivity and impulsive mood changes

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Coveralls (Noun)
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A one-piece outer garment worn to protect other garments.

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Platinum (noun)
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A precious grayish-white noncorroding ductile malleable heavy metallic element that fuses with difficulty and is used especially in chemical ware and apparatus, as a catalyst, and in dental and jewelry alloys.

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Mystified (verb)
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To perplex the mind of.

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Council (noun)
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An assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion.

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Tartar (noun)
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An incrustation on the teeth consisting of plaque that has become hardened by the deposition of mineral salts (such as calcium carbonate).

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Solicitors (noun)
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An agent that solicits contributions.

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Loitering (verb)
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To delay an activity with idle stops and pauses.

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