Lightning Thief

Question 1

Orientation

Answer 1

The act or process of orienting or of being oriented

Question 2

Kleptomania

Answer 2

A persistent neurotic impulse to steal especially without economic motive

Question 3

Smother p 32

Answer 3

to kill by depriving air

to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air

Question 4

Mausoleums p80

Answer 4

a large tomb

a large gloomy building or room

Question 5

Sprawled p92

Answer 5

to lie or sit with arms and legs spread out

to spread or develop irregularly or without restraint

Question 6

Tempered

Answer 6

treated by tempering
especially, of glass : treated so as to impart increased strength and the property of shattering into pellets when broken

Question 7

Disgorge

Answer 7

to discharge by the throat and mouth

Question 8

Insufferable p185

Answer 8

not to be endured

Question 9

Migraine p185

Answer 9

a condition marked by recurring moderate to severe headache with throbbing pain that usually lasts from four hours to three days, typically begins on one side of the head but may spread to both sides, is often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and sensitivity to light or sound, and is sometimes preceded by an aura and is often followed by fatigue

Question 10

Impertinent p 187

Answer 10

given to or characterized by insolent rudeness

Question 11

Berths 198

Answer 11

sufficient distance for maneuvering a ship

an amount of distance maintained for safety

Question 12

Subsiding p 241

Answer 12

to sink or fall to the bottom

to tend downward

Question 13

Swiveled p 241

Answer 13

a device joining two parts so that one or both can pivot freely (as on a bolt or pin)

Question 14

mystified

Answer 14

to perplex the mind of

Question 15

Satin p278

Answer 15

a fabric (as of silk) in satin weave with lustrous face and dull back

Question 16

Lapel p284

Answer 16

the part of a garment that is turned back
specifically : the fold of the front of a coat that is usually a continuation of the collar

Question 17

freeloader p 288

Answer 17

to impose upon another’s generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility involved

Question 18

panel p288

Answer 18

a schedule containing names of persons summoned as jurors

Question 19

flickered p289

Answer 19

to move irregularly or unsteadily

Question 20

transparent p289

Answer 20

having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly

Question 21

despair p289

Answer 21

utter loss of hope
a cause of hopelessness

Question 22

carnation p289

Answer 22

a plant of any of numerous often cultivated and usually double-flowered varieties or subspecies of an Old World pink (Dianthus caryophyllus) found in many color variations

Question 23

parapets p307

Answer 23

a wall, rampart, or elevation of earth or stone to protect soldiers

Question 24

grotesquely p307

Answer 24

a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature

Question 25

stake p300

Answer 25

a pointed piece of wood or other material driven or to be driven into the ground as a marker or support