The Lightning Thief

Question 1

stele - pg.4

Answer 1

a usually carved or inscribed stone slab or pillar used for commemorative purposes

Question 2

Probation - pg.3

Answer 2

critical examination and evaluation or subjection to such examination and evaluation

Question 3

solstice - pg 137

Answer 3

either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21

Question 4

amphitheater - pg.79

Answer 4

an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles

Question 5

mausoleums

Answer 5

a large tomb

Question 6

plume - pg 122

Answer 6

a feather of a bird

Question 7

elated - pg 122

Answer 7

marked by high spirits

Question 8

converged - pg 122

Answer 8

to tend or move toward one point or one another

Question 9

caduceus

Answer 9

the symbolic staff of a herald

Question 10

kaleidoscope

Answer 10

an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns

Question 11

deception - pg 253

Answer 11

the act of causing someone to accept as true or valid what is false or invalid : the act of deceiving

Question 12

pincer - pg 236

Answer 12

a claw (as of a lobster) resembling a pair of pincers

Question 13

hurtling - pg 269

Answer 13

to move rapidly or forcefully

Question 14

chasm - pg 271

Answer 14

a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth)

Question 15

tentatively - pg 170

Answer 15

tentatively

Question 16

ballistic - pg 270

Answer 16

extremely and usually suddenly excited, upset, or angry

Question 17

adolescents - pg 275

Answer 17

of, relating to, or being in adolescence

Question 18

morale - pg 269

Answer 18

the mental and emotional condition (as of enthusiasm, confidence, or loyalty) of an individual or group with regard to the function or tasks at hand

Question 19

tremor - pg 311

Answer 19

a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease

Question 20

impeding - pg 322

Answer 20

to interfere with or slow the progress of

Question 21

sheath - pg 323

Answer 21

a case for a blade (as of a knife)

Question 22

disoriented - pg 325

Answer 22

having lost one’s sense of time, place, or identity

Question 23

engulfed - pg 325

Answer 23

to flow over and enclose : OVERWHELM

Question 24

Reconciliation - pg 326

Answer 24

the action of reconciling : the state of being reconciled