Percy Jackson Chapters 1 - 6 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. an event regarded as a sign of good or evil
- 4. make the motions of boxing without landing heavy blows, as a form of training
- 5. insincere
- 7. smell strongly and unpleasantly; stink
- 9. A tool used for cutting crops, long curved blade at the end of a pole
- 14. smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited or silly way
- 15. act in an excessively obedient manner
- 18. the time or date at which the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination (shortest and longest days of the year)
- 20. A condition of the brain that affects a person’s ability to read, write, and spell
- 21. a place where weapons are kept
- 22. a hammer with a large head used for hitting a chisel
- 23. the killing of a large number of people
- 24. moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way
- 25. the floor or area around a fireplace
- 26. An unjustifiable belief in supernatural that can affect something or someone
- 27. to see something that is not actually present
Down
- 2. a follower of a powerful person
- 3. large-caliber guns used in warfare
- 6. a person who receives advice or prophecies from the Gods to share with others
- 8. insincere
- 10. a wand with two snakes twined around it, carried by the god Hermes
- 11. the sport or skill of shooting a bow and arrows
- 12. a prediction
- 13. an open space for dramatic or sporting events
- 16. take illegally or by force
- 17. a recurrent urge to steal
- 19. a winged angelic being