Lightning Thief

Question 1

Materialized (verb)
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Appearing very suddenly.

Question 2

Delinquent (noun)
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Answer 2

A young person who performs illegal or immoral acts.

Question 3

Pulverize (verb)
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Answer 3

To reduce.

Question 4

Dyslexia (noun)
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Answer 4

A learning disability with a lack of proficiency in reading.

Question 5

Burly (adj)
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Answer 5

Strongly and heavily built.

Question 6

Maiming (transitive word)
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Answer 6

To mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously.

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

Drachmas (Noun)
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Answer 9

Ancient Greek units of weight.

Question 10

Hyperventintilating (verb)
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To breathe rapidly and deeply.

Question 11

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

Question 12

Migraine (adj)
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Answer 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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

Question 17

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.

Question 18

Mystified (verb)
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Answer 18

To perplex the mind of.

Question 19

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

Question 20

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).

Question 21

Solicitors (noun)
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An agent that solicits contributions.

Question 22

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