Vocabulary:
Week One
Page 8: Infiltrator - to filter in slowly and cautiously
Page 15: Bemusement - to confuse someone
Page 28 dubious - doubtful
Page 43 incongruous - out of place
Page 46 swath - a large area of land
Page 56 maelstrom - a big whirlpool
Page 61 mortar - a device used to fire fireworks
Page 10 impromptu - suddenly prepared or improvised
Week Two
Page 109: Vulpine - of or relating to a fox
Page 85: Dorm - a large bedroom for a number of people in a school or institution.
Page 128: Purgatory- temporary punishment
Page 104: Aquiline- Shaped like an eagle's beak
Page 16: vulnerable - susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm
Page 111: ultimatum - a final proposal or statement of conditions
Page 100: Versations- Turning something over
Page 118: Solemn- formal and dignified
Week 3
Page 187 dappled - having different shades
Page 156 rift - an open space
Week 4
Pg. 112 Salvaged- preserve something from a possibility of loss
Pg. 217 Tenuous- very weak, slender, or fine
Pg. 220 Rendezvous- meeting at an arranged time
Pg. 221 Requisition- an order claiming the use of property or materials
Pg. 246 infirm- weak in health
Pg 236. smattering- slight or superficial
Week 5:
Pg. 288 encampment- A place temporarily set up with tents or huts.
Pg. 288 rampant- Someone or something unwanted flourishing.
Pg. 288 incongruous- Not in order with other surroundings.
Pg. 290 maelstrom- A condition or place where it is full of confusion.
Pg. 297 cordon: A line of police or authority people guarding an area
Pg. 307 pugnacious- Eager to fight or quick to quarrel.
Pg. 354 minuscule- very small
Week 6
Page 360 mutinous: involving in revolt against authority
Pg 387 ascent: a rising movement
Pg. 401 placate: To make someone less angry
Pg. 407 pliant: pliable
Pg. 401 bedraggled: To be dirty
Pg. 420 scrawled: write something in a hurry.
Pg. 418 manipulated: forced or convinced to do something by someone or something.