The Lightening Thief Vocabulary - Wikispaces

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These vocabulary words for The Lightning Thief are broken
down into sections of 4-5 chapters, with 15 words per a set of
chapters. Each set of vocabulary words contains a page with
the list of words (with room for students to write in the definitions),
a list with definitions filled in and the sentence in which the word is
used, and a corresponding quiz.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Pg. 2-3: Chapters 1-4 word list
• Pg. 4-5: Chapters 1-4 definitions and sentences
• Pg. 6-7: Chapters 1-4 vocabulary quiz
• Pg. 8-9: Chapters 5-8 word list
• Pg. 10-11: Chapters 5-8 definitions and sentences
• Pg. 12-13: Chapters 5-8 vocabulary quiz
• Pg. 14-15: Chapters 9-12 word list
• Pg. 16-17: Chapters 9-12 definitions and sentences
• Pg. 18-19: Chapters 9-12 vocabulary quiz
• Pg. 20-21: Chapters 13-17 word list
• Pg. 22-23: Chapters 13-17 definitions and sentences
• Pg. 24-25: Chapters 13-17 vocabulary quiz
• Pg. 26-27: Chapters 18 -22 word list
• Pg. 28-29: Chapters 18-22 definitions and sentences
• Pg. 30-31: Chapters 18-22 vocabulary quiz

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________
The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 1-4

1. Wispy:
2. Spawn:
3. Vital:
4. Triumphant:
5. Pulverize:
6. Shriveled:
7. Contaminate:
8. Squall:

9. Solstice:
10. Nauseous:
11. Smother:
12. Anxiety:
13. Cloven:
14. Falter:
15. Disintegrate:

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________

The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 1-4

1. Wispy: Thin or weak
Example: He must’ve been held back several grades, because he
was the only sixth grader with acne and the start of a wispy beard
on his chin.

2. Spawn: the offspring or product of
Example: From her first day, Mrs. Dodds loved Nancy Bobofit and
figured I was devil spawn.

3. Vital: Urgently needed, very important, or absolutely necessary
Example: “What you learn from me,” he said, “is vitally important. I
expect you to treat it as such. I will accept only the best from you,
Percy Jackson.

4. Triumphant: Having achieved victory or success
Example: There was a triumphant fire in her eyes, as if I’d done
something she’d been waiting for all semester

5. Pulverize: to demolish or crush completely
Example: It’s weird being alone with a teacher, especially Mrs.
Dodds. Something about the way she looked at the frieze, as if she
wanted to pulverize it.

6. Shriveled: Wrinkled or withered often from age
Example: She was a shriveled hag with bat wings and claws and a
mouth full of yellow fangs, and she was about to slice me to ribbons

7. Contaminate: to make harmful or unusable
Example: My lunch must have been contaminated with magic
mushrooms or something

8. Squall: sudden violent gusts of wind, often with precipitation
Example: One of the current events we studied in social studies
class was the unusual number of small planes that had gone down
in sudden squalls in the Atlantic that year.

9. Solstice: either of two times of the year when the sun is at its
greatest distance from the equator.
Example: My nerves haven’t been right since the winter solstice.

10.Nauseous: sickening; feeling as if one is about to vomit
Example: He just kept on collecting paychecks, spending the
money on cigars that made me nauseous, and on beer, of course.

11.Smother: To deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Example: I told her she was smothering me, and to lay off and all
that, but secretly, I was really glad to see her.

12.Anxiety: distress or uneasiness caused by fear
Example: For a moment, I thought I saw anxiety in her eyes-the
same fear I’d seen in Grover during the bus ride-as if my mom too
felt an odd chill in the air.

13.Cloven: split, divided
Example: Because where his feet should be, there were no feet.
There were cloven hooves.

14.Falter: To speak hesitatingly, brokenly, or unsteadily
Example: “Percy,” my mother said, “we have to…” Her voice
faltered.

15.Disintegrate: To break or separate into parts
Example: He flailed, clawing at his chest, then began to
disintegrate-not like my mother, in a flash of golden light, but like
sand, blown away in chunks by the wind, the same way Mrs. Dodds
had burst apart.

NAME ___________________________________________ DATE _______________

The Lightning Thief QUIZ: Chapters 1 – 4


 

MATCHING: Match the correct term to its definition for questions 1- 8

A. Wispy E. Solstice
B. Vital F. Smother
C. Pulverize G. Cloven
D. Contaminate H. Disintegrate

_____ 1. To make harmful or unusable

_____ 2. Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest
distance from the equator

_____ 3. To demolish or crush completely

_____ 4. To deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

_____ 5. Urgently needed, very important, or absolutely necessary

_____ 6. Split, divided

_____ 7. Thin or weak

_____ 8. To break apart or separate

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Circle the best answer for 9-15
9. The offspring or product of

A. Son
B. Seize
C. Spawn
D. Smother
10. Triumphant is best described as:
A. Having achieved victory or success
B. Anything having to do with a trumpet
C. A march in a parade
D. Being annoyed or irritable

11. Something that old, withered and wrinkled could be described as:
A. Old
B. Shriveled
C. Weird
D. Grumpy

12. Sudden violent gusts of wind with precipitation would best be
described as:

A. Tsunamis
B. Snow storms
C. Flooding
D. Squalls
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
13. “He just kept on collecting paychecks, spending the money on cigars
that made me __________________, and on beer, of course
A. Nauseous
B. Angry
C. Contagious
D. Solemn
14. For a moment, I thought I saw ____________ in her eyes-the same fear
I’d seen in Grover during the bus ride
A. Hope
B. Glitter
C. Hallucination
D. Anxiety
15. “Percy,” my mother said, “we have to…” Her voice ________________ .
A. Faltered
B. Screeched
C. Protested
D. Flailed

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________
The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 5-8

1. Gingerly:
2. Pseudonym:
3. Metaphysical:
4. Endeavor:
5. Convergence:
6. Obliterate:
7. Mausoleum:
8. Emphasis:

9. Saunter:
10. Gawk:
11. Consist:
12. Carnage:
13. Gaudy:
14. Taunt:
15. Liability:

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________

The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 5-8

1. Gingerly: With extreme care or delicacy
Example: “He took the empty glass from me gingerly, as if it were
dynamite, and set it back on the table.

2. Pseudonym: a fictitious name used when a person preforms a
particular social role
Example: I’m afraid that was a pseudonym. You may call me
Chiron.

3. Metaphysical: Relating to things that are thought to exist but can’t
be seen.
Example: God – capital G, God. That’s a different matter
altogether. We shan’t deal with the metaphysical.

4. Endeavor: an attempt to achieve a goal; to try hard at something
Example: Ah, gods, plural, as in, great beings that control the forces
of nature and human endeavors: the immortal god of Olympus.
That’s a smaller matter.

5. Convergence: The occurrence of two or more things coming
together.
Example: Well now, there’s Mount Olympus in Greece. And there’s
the home of the gods, the convergence point of their powers,
which did indeed used to be on Mount Olympus.

6. Obliterate: To do away with completely, without leaving a trace
Example: The gods are part of it. You might even say they are the
source of it, or at least, they are tied so tightly to it that they
couldn’t possibly fade, not unless al of Western civilization were
obliterated.

7. Mausoleum: A large burial chamber, usually above ground
Example: The pair of cabins at the head of the field, numbers one
and two, looked like his-and-hers mausoleums, big white marble
boxes with heavy columns in front

8. Emphasis: special importance or significance
Example: Out of all the cabins, eleven looked the most like a
regular old summer camp cabin, with emphasis on the old.

9. Saunter: To walk leisurely with no apparent aim
Example: The big girl from the ugly red cabin was sauntering toward
us.

10.Gawk: to look with amazement; look stupidly
Example: Outside, Clarisse and her friends were sprawled in the
mud, and a bunch of other campers had gathered around to
gawk.

11.Consist: to be composed of
Example: …and the climbing wall, which actually just consisted of
two facing walls that shook violently, dropped boulders, sprayed
lava, and clashed together if you didn’t get to the top fast enough.

12.Carnage: the savage killing of many people
Example: About sixty years ago, after World War 2, the Big Three
agreed they wouldn’t sire any more heroes. Their children were just
too powerful. They were affecting the course of human events too
much, causing too much carnage.

13.Gaudy: extravagant and tastelessly showy
Example: From the opposite side of the pavilion, Clarisse and her
buddies ran in with another banner, of identical size, but gaudy red,
painted with a bloody spear and a boar’s head.

14.Taunt: a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke
someone
Example: The red team yelled taunts at us as the headed off
toward the north.

15.Liability: The state of being legally responsible
Example: I mean, Olympus had to have liability issues, right?

NAME ___________________________________________ DATE _______________

The Lightning Thief QUIZ: Chapters 5 – 8


 

MATCHING: Match the correct term to its definition for questions 1- 8

A. Consist E. Metaphysical
B. Gingerly F. Saunter
C. Mausoleum G. Convergence
D. Gaudy H. Liability

_____ 1. The state of being legally responsible

_____ 2. Extravagant and tastelessly showy

_____ 3. To be composed of

_____ 4. To walk leisurely with no apparent aim

_____ 5. A large burial chamber, usually above ground

_____ 6. The occurrence of two or more things coming together.

_____ 7. Relating to things that are thought to exist but can’t be seen.

_____ 8. With extreme care or delicacy

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Circle the best answer for 9-15
9. The word emphasis means:

A. Emotional
B. Something that is old or outdated
C. Special importance or significance
D. To say something in a different way than normal

10.An endeavor is best described as:
A. Having achieved victory or success
B. Someone who explores in caves
C. A person who is half human and half god
D. An attempt to achieve a goal

11. To do away with completely, without leaving a trace is to
A. Obliterate
B. Shrivel
C. Melt
D. Disintegrate

12. The savage killing of many people would best be described as:
A. Destruction
B. Carnage
C. Cavernous
D. Disruption

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
13. Mr. Brunner was Chiron’s ________________, or the fake name he went

by when he was a teacher at Percy’s school.
A. Teacher
B. Friend
C. Pseudonym
D. Nickname

14. After the incident in the bathroom, “Clarisse and her friends were
sprawled in the mud, and a bunch of other campers had gathered
around to _________.”
A. Gawk
B. Squawk
C. Tattle
D. Help Percy

15. During Capture the Flag, “The red team yelled ________ at us as the
headed off toward the north.”
A. Cheers
B. Screams
C. Tantrums
D. Taunts

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________
The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 9-12

1. Quest:

2. Grimace:

3. Celestial:

4. Usurp:

5. Prevail:

6. Intervene:

7. Wrath:

8. Confront:
9. Feign:
10. Vulnerable:
11. Obscure:
12. Impulsive:
13. Impertinent:
14. Indignant:
15. Nostalgic:

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________

The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 9-12

1. Quest: the act of searching for something
Example: After lessons, she would walk away muttering to herself:
“Quest…Poseidon? ... Dirty rotten… Got to make a plan…”

2. Grimace: a twisted expression on someone’s face, usually
expressing disgust or pain.
Example: Chiron grimaced. “Well, that’s the hard part, the details.”

3. Celestial: relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven
Example: “I’m not talking about some tinfoil-covered zigzag you’d
see in a second grade paly. I’m talking about a two-foot-long
cylinder of high-grade celestial bronze, capped on both ends with
god-level explosives.”

4. Usurp: to seize or take control, possibly by force and without
authority.
Example:” Now, a god cannot usurp another god’s symbol of
power directly-that is forbidden by the most ancient of divine laws.”

5. Prevail: to prove superior or more powerful
Example: I hoped that diplomacy might prevail, that Hera or
Demeter or Hestia would make the two brothers see sense.

6. Intervene: come between so as to prevent or alter a result or course
of events
Example: Unless someone intervenes, unless the master bolt is found
and returned to Zeus before the solstice, there will be war.

7. Wrath: extreme and intense anger
Example: “And you, Percy Jackson, would be the first to feel Zeus’s
wrath.”

8. Confront: To deal with something unpleasant, face to face
Example: “I’m supposed to go to the Underworld and confront the
Lord of the Dead.”

9. Feign: pretend to be affected by
Example: “Gee,” I said, feigning surprise. “Who else would be stupid
enough to volunteer for a quest like this?”

10.Vulnerable: capable of being wounded or hurt
Example: And I should warn you: as a demigod, you can be killed
by either celestial or normal weapons. You are twice as vulnerable.

11.Obscure: to make unclear or blurred
Example: Whenever divine or monstrous elements mix with the
mortal world, they generate Mist, which obscures the vision of
humans.

12.Impulsive: An act done hastily, or without thought
Example: What I did next was so impulsive and dangerous I
should’ve been named ADHD poster child of the year.

13.Impertinent: improperly forward, bold, or rude
Example: “They’ll think you’re impertinent.”

14.Indignant: angered at something unjust or wrong
Example: “Pan!” he cried indignantly. “P-A-N. The great god Pan!
What do you think I want a searchers license for?”

15.Nostalgic: a desire or longing for familiar things, people, or past
happiness
Example: Suddenly I was nostalgic for something I’d never known.

NAME ___________________________________________ DATE _______________

The Lightning Thief QUIZ: Chapters 9 – 12


 

MATCHING: Match the correct term to its definition for questions 1- 8

A. Prevail E. Obscure
B. Wrath F. Quest
C. Celestial G. Impertinent
D. Feign H. Nostalgic

_____ 1. To make unclear or blurred

_____ 2. A desire or longing for familiar things, people, or past happiness

_____ 3. Improperly forward, bold, or rude

_____ 4. Relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven

_____ 5. Extreme and intense anger

_____ 6. To pretend to be affected by

_____ 7. To prove superior or more powerful

_____ 8. The act of searching for something

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Circle the best answer for 9-15
9. The word indignant means:

A. To be improperly rude or bold
B. Angered at something unjust or wrong
C. Not knowing the difference between two things
D. In a manner that is very undignified and far from proper

10.An act done hastily or without thought is best described as:
A. Impulsive
B. Indignant
C. Impertinent
D. Usurp

11. To seize or take control, possibly by force and without authority
A. Undo
B. Vulnerable
C. Feign
D. Usurp

12. A grimace would best be described as:
A. Someone who is a menace to society
B. A small creature that is very ugly and evil and often lives in very
dark places
C. A twisted expression on someone’s face, usually expressing
disgust or pain.
D. A feeling of intense anger or hatred

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
13. And I should warn you: as a demigod, you can be killed by either

celestial or normal weapons. You are twice as __________________.
A. Dangerous
B. Impulsive
C. Indignant
D. Vulnerable

14. “I’m supposed to go to the Underworld and _____________ the Lord of
the Dead.”
A. Confront
B. Feign
C. Grimace
D. Dance with

15. Unless someone __________________, unless the master bolt is found and
returned to Zeus before the solstice, there will be war.
A. Obscures
B. Intervenes
C. Entangles
D. Taunts

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________
The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 13-17

1. Deceitful:

2. Tentative:

3. Radiate:

4. Emit:

5. Plummet:

6. Revelation:

7. Proposition:

8. Temperamental:
9. Smug:
10. Inflict:
11. Conquer:
12. Vagrant:
13. Morale:
14. Sustain:
15. Qualm:

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________

The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 13-17
1. Deceitful: Guilty of misleading others or misrepresenting the truth

Example: Percy, you can’t barter with Hades. You know that right?
He’s deceitful, heartless, and greedy.

2. Tentative: Unsettled in mind or opinion
Example: “I guess…the chariot,” she said tentatively.

3. Radiate: to send out rays or waves
Example: And he can radiate fear so intense it can drive you insane
or stop your heart.

4. Emit: to give off, send forth, or discharge
Example: Before I could swing my sword, it opened its mouth,
emitting a stench like the world’s largest barbecue pit, and shot a
column of flame straight at me.

5. Plummet: to drop straight down sharply and quickly
Example: My clothes on fire, poison coursing through my veins, I
plummeted toward the river.

6. Revelation: An enlightening or surprising and previously unknown
fact
Example: I’d love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way
down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the
face of death, et cetera.

7. Proposition: a suggested bargain, scheme, or task
Example: Dangerous world out there. Which brings me to my
proposition. I need you to do me a favor.

8. Temperamental: likely to undergo sharp and unreasonable mood
changes
Example: “He’s still a god. And his girlfriend is very temperamental.”

9. Smug: Showing excessive pride or satisfaction in one’s self
Example: “you’re pretty smug, Lord Ares, for guy who runs from
cupid statues.”

10.Inflict: To cause something unpleasant to be suffered
Example: “Please. I’m not into self-inflicted pain.”

11.Conquer: to overcome or take control
Example: Hail, the conquering hero!

12.Vagrant: A wanderer who has no settled home or regular work
Example: It was a hundred and ten degrees, easy, and we must’ve
looked like deep-fried vagrants.

13.Morale: The state of over-all well being
Example: She tried to boost our morale by suggesting clever
strategies for getting into the Land of the Dead, but my heart
wasn’t in it.

14.Sustain: To strengthen or support physically or mentally
Example: “Yes, child. I am a Nereid, a spirit of the sea. It was not
easy to appear so far upriver, but the naiad, my freshwater cousins,
helped sustain my life force.”

15.Qualm: Uneasy feelings of doubt, worry, or fear
Example: I had no qualms about what I was about to do.

NAME ___________________________________________ DATE _______________

The Lightning Thief QUIZ: Chapters 13 – 17


 

MATCHING: Match the correct term to its definition for questions 1- 8

A. Temperamental E. Emit
B. Vagrant F. Inflict
C. Morale G. Tentative
D. Revelation H. Qualm

_____ 1. To give off or send forth

_____ 2. Unsettled in mind or opinion

_____ 3. Uneasy feelings of worry, doubt, or fear

_____ 4. A wander that has no settled home or regular work

_____ 5. To cause something unpleasant to be suffered

_____ 6. A state of over all well being

_____ 7. Likely to undergo sharp and unreasonable mood changes

_____ 8. An enlightening or surprising and previously unknown fact

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Circle the best answer for 9-15
9. The word sustain means:

A. To reuse and recycle paper and plastic
B. Angered at something unjust or wrong
C. Anything having to do with an unknown substance
D. To strengthen or support mentally or physically

10. To overcome or take control is to:
A. Be filled with
B. Conquer
C. Defeat an enemy
D. Inflict

11. Showing excessive pride or satisfaction in oneself can be described as:
A. Smug
B. Qualm
C. Tentative
D. Deceitful

12. The word radiate means to:
A. A heating unit for a home
B. To send out rays or waves
C. Send something back to its original location
D. Have a feeling of intense anger or hatred

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word:
13. “Percy, you can’t barter with Hades. You know that right? He’s
________________, heartless, and greedy.”

A. Deceitful
B. Impulsive
C. Indignant
D. Vulnerable
14. My clothes on fire poison coursing through my veins, I _____________
toward the river.
A. Radiated
B. Feigned
C. Plummeted
D. Skipped
15. “Dangerous world out there. Which brings me to my _________________.
I need you to do me a favor.”
A. Revelation
B. Qualm
C. Morale
D. Proposition

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________
The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 18-22

1. Baleful:

2. Melancholy:

3. Predicament:

4. Charisma:

5. Ultimatum:

6. Impede:

7. Feint:

8. Odyssey:
9. Replica:
10. Impudence:
11. Clamor:
12. Unanimous:
13. Oblige:
14. Apt:
15. Vengeance:

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ____________

The Lightning Thief Vocabulary: Chapters 18-22
1. Baleful: threatening or foreshadowing tragic or evil occurrences

Example: Cerberus glared at me, unimpressed. His eyes were
baleful and cold.

2. Melancholy: Feelings of deep sadness or depression with no obvious
cause
Example: “Good boy,” Annabeth said, but her voice sounded
melancholy and uncertain.

3. Predicament: a difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation
Example: “But Grover’s going to fail if we don’t catch him.” She was
right of course. Grover’s predicament got me moving again.

4. Charisma: an attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion
from others
Example: Hades had the same intense eyes, the same kind of
mesmerizing, evil charisma.

5. Ultimatum: A final demand
Example: Do not play innocent with me girl. You and the satyr have
been helping this hero – coming here to threaten me in Poseidon’s
name, no doubt – to bring me an ultimatum.

6. Impede: to delay or prevent someone or something
Example: The point is kid, you’re impeding the war effort

7. Feint: A distracting or deceiving movement
Example: I got close enough to strike, tried to fake him out with a
feint, but my blow was knocked aside.

8. Odyssey: a long, wandering, and eventful journey
Example: The crazy kidnapper (a.k.a Ares) was the same man who
had abducted me and two other adolescents in New York and
brought us across country on a ten-day odyssey of terror.

9. Replica: a copy that is not the original but appears the same
Example: Hawkers in the market offered to sell me ambrosia-on-a-
stick, and a new shield, and a genuine glitter-weave replica of the
Golden Fleece, as seen on Hephaestus-TV.

10.Impudence: a trait of being rude, bold, and lacking respect
Example: “Daring to fly through my domain…pah! I should have
blasted him out of the sky for his impudence.“

11.Clamor: to make loud noise or demands
Example: The Soho gallery was clamoring for more of her work,
which they called “a huge step forward in super-ugly neorealism.”

12.Unanimous: in complete agreement
Example: “ The choice was unanimous,” Luke announced. “This
bead commemorates the first Son of the Sea God at this camp,
and the quest he undertook into the darkest part of the Underworld
to stop a war!”

13.Oblige: to make someone do something
Example: Even Are’s cabin felt obliged to stand.

14.Apt: Appropriate or suitable in the circumstances.
Example: “How are you feeling?” he asked. “Like my insides have
been frozen, then microwaved.” “ Apt, considering that was pit
scorpion venom.”

15.Vengeance: The act of taking revenge.
Example: “Percy, I know this is hard. But you must not rush out for
vengeance. You aren’t ready.”