1. numbness
Page number : pg4
Sentence:
the numbness of his finger and toes slowly growing into his wrists and ankles, he dug up the will to rise to his feet.
Deifination:
move slow, don't have any feeling
Sentence:
the numbness of his finger and toes slowly growing into his wrists and ankles, he dug up the will to rise to his feet.
Deifination:
move slow, don't have any feeling
2. mildewed
Page number : pg6
Sentence:
Would anyone ever find him in the mildewed darkness?
Deifination:
become moldy
Sentence:
Would anyone ever find him in the mildewed darkness?
Deifination:
become moldy
3. oblong
Page number : pg9
Sentence:
Even their flashlight was strange--- its face oblong instead of round, and its shaft swirling with red and green patterns.
Deifination:
A kind of shape, looks like a circle but not that kind of round.
Sentence:
Even their flashlight was strange--- its face oblong instead of round, and its shaft swirling with red and green patterns.
Deifination:
A kind of shape, looks like a circle but not that kind of round.
4. peripheral
Page number : pg7
Sentence:
He did see rapidly moving shadows in his peripheral vision.
Deifination:
Not important
Sentence:
He did see rapidly moving shadows in his peripheral vision.
Deifination:
Not important
5. chaotic
Page number : pg1
Sentence:
No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve some problem
Deifination:
Dirty
Sentence:
No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve some problem
Deifination:
Dirty
6. profundity
Page number : pg17
Sentence:
A man whose words had profundity none of them would dare challenge.
Deifination:
The things which very deep.
Sentence:
A man whose words had profundity none of them would dare challenge.
Deifination:
The things which very deep.
7. veering
Page number : pg12
Sentence:
They continued on, veering down a tunnel with tails so seldom used that they didn’t have the polished sheen of more well-worn tracks .
Deifination:
Not sure about something.
Sentence:
They continued on, veering down a tunnel with tails so seldom used that they didn’t have the polished sheen of more well-worn tracks .
Deifination:
Not sure about something.
8. painstakingly
Page number : pg11
Sentence:
Talon removed the sword from their pledge’s shoulder, and slipped it into the sheath his mother had painstakingly sewn for him from a hundred discarded wallets.
Deifination:
Hard to do something.
Sentence:
Talon removed the sword from their pledge’s shoulder, and slipped it into the sheath his mother had painstakingly sewn for him from a hundred discarded wallets.
Deifination:
Hard to do something.
9. prospective
Page number : pg15
Sentence:
He didn’t mind the endless hours observing prospective fallers each night.
Deifination:
The things happen in the future.
Sentence:
He didn’t mind the endless hours observing prospective fallers each night.
Deifination:
The things happen in the future.
10. gesture
Page number : pg14
Sentence:
Railborn crossed his arms, a gesture that always made his broad shoulders even more imposing.
Deifination:
Do some actions and make others understand something.
Sentence:
Railborn crossed his arms, a gesture that always made his broad shoulders even more imposing.
Deifination:
Do some actions and make others understand something.
11. existence
Page number : pg18
Sentence:
What an amazing existence this speck of frozen sky had had!
Deifination:
Something real, something true
Sentence:
What an amazing existence this speck of frozen sky had had!
Deifination:
Something real, something true
12. disapprova
Page number : pg17
Sentence:
Railborn snorted his disapproval.
Deifination:
Dislike something
Sentence:
Railborn snorted his disapproval.
Deifination:
Dislike something
13. cynical
Page number : pg20
Sentence:
something that certain cynical observers both above and below would agree upon.
Deifination:
in a bad manner
Sentence:
something that certain cynical observers both above and below would agree upon.
Deifination:
in a bad manner
14. royal
Page number : pg19
Sentence:
l’ve heard that the dawn paints all things all things a deep royal blue.
Deifination:
house-hold
Sentence:
l’ve heard that the dawn paints all things all things a deep royal blue.
Deifination:
house-hold
15. Insignificant
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Page number : pg21
Sentence:
Lindsay Matthias finally came to the realization of how small and insignificant she was.
Deifination:
The things are not important. You don’t need to do it quickly.
Sentence:
Lindsay Matthias finally came to the realization of how small and insignificant she was.
Deifination:
The things are not important. You don’t need to do it quickly.
16. self-defense
Page number : pg23
Sentence:
Well, if nothing else, living in New York would put her self-defense training to use.
Deifination:
The act of protecting oneself.
Sentence:
Well, if nothing else, living in New York would put her self-defense training to use.
Deifination:
The act of protecting oneself.
17. brutal
Page number : pg24
Sentence:
And now, outsider her 767 window, was a brutal reminder of how many people didn’t.
Deifination:
Doing something a rude way.
Sentence:
And now, outsider her 767 window, was a brutal reminder of how many people didn’t.
Deifination:
Doing something a rude way.
18. Punishment
Page number : pg25
Sentence:
“Punishment,” explained Talon.
Deifination:
Do some not good or not perfect, and then you will get some act of punishing.
Sentence:
“Punishment,” explained Talon.
Deifination:
Do some not good or not perfect, and then you will get some act of punishing.
19. reluctantly
Page number : pg26
Sentence:
then reluctantly slipped back out through the heavy curtains.
Deifination:
Don’t want to do something, but must to do that.
Sentence:
then reluctantly slipped back out through the heavy curtains.
Deifination:
Don’t want to do something, but must to do that.
20. unpredictable
Page number : pg27
Sentence:
……from the unpredictable effects of the sun…
Deifination:
can’t be unpredictable
Sentence:
……from the unpredictable effects of the sun…
Deifination:
can’t be unpredictable
21. nightfall
Page number : pg28
Sentence:
We will go after nightfall and come back before dawn.
Deifination:
The time of day immediately following sunset
Sentence:
We will go after nightfall and come back before dawn.
Deifination:
The time of day immediately following sunset
22. gripping
Page number : pg29
Sentence:
Offered Railborn, gripping Talon’s shoulder in a rare show of compassion.
Deifination:
Let people notice it
Sentence:
Offered Railborn, gripping Talon’s shoulder in a rare show of compassion.
Deifination:
Let people notice it
23. gaze
Page number : pg30
Sentence:
Not able to hold each other’s gaze, they turned to peer out of the grate.
Deifination:
Look at something for a long time
Sentence:
Not able to hold each other’s gaze, they turned to peer out of the grate.
Deifination:
Look at something for a long time
24. intimate
Page number : pg47
Sentence:
“intimate gathering of friends”.
Deifination:
Good friend
Sentence:
“intimate gathering of friends”.
Deifination:
Good friend
25. lipstick
Page number : pg48
Sentence:
….dyed to match their nails and lipstick.
Deifination:
One of the cosmetic.
Sentence:
….dyed to match their nails and lipstick.
Deifination:
One of the cosmetic.
26. uneasy
Page number : pg51
Sentence:
She began to feel uneasy again, and this time she knew why.
Deifination:
Don’t feel comfortable
Sentence:
She began to feel uneasy again, and this time she knew why.
Deifination:
Don’t feel comfortable
27. shiver
Page number : pg52
Sentence:
She tried to shake off the shivers, telling herself that she had no reason to be concerned…
Deifination:
A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or somehting.
Sentence:
She tried to shake off the shivers, telling herself that she had no reason to be concerned…
Deifination:
A reflex motion caused by cold or fear or somehting.
28. leaped
Page number : pg53
Sentence:
She gasped and leaped across the room just as she heard the closet door creak open.
Deifination:
jump
Sentence:
She gasped and leaped across the room just as she heard the closet door creak open.
Deifination:
jump
29. Masonry
Page number : pg51
Sentence:
She saw the new masonry that connected the twin living rooms on the first floor….and behind that was darkness.
Deifination:
Structure built of stone or brick by a mason/ Freemasons collectively.
Sentence:
She saw the new masonry that connected the twin living rooms on the first floor….and behind that was darkness.
Deifination:
Structure built of stone or brick by a mason/ Freemasons collectively.
30. nonexistent
Page number : pg52
Sentence:
It also had its neurotic little moments, making nonexistent mountains out of imaginary molehills.
Deifination:
Inexistent
Sentence:
It also had its neurotic little moments, making nonexistent mountains out of imaginary molehills.
Deifination:
Inexistent