English I (Pre-AP): Vocabulary from Lightning Thief, Set 2

Look up the following words in the dictionary (or dictionary.com, online). Select the definition that best fits the context as used in the sentences, below. (If you need additional context, you’ll find the sentence at the page number indicated.) In some cases you may need to look up the root word and incorporate its meaning into your definition.

• Bristle (v.):
• Charisma (n.):
• Mesmerizing (adj.):
• Parapet (n.):
• Predicament (n.):
• Pretense (n.):
• Scheme (n.):

The hairs on my arms bristled. (p. 304)

Grover’s predicament got me moving again. (p. 304)

The Furies circled the parapets, high in the gloom. (p. 307)

He had the same intense eyes, the same kind of mesmerizing, evil charisma. (p. 309)

“You dare keep up this pretense, after what you have done?” (p. 311)

“Had I not sent my Fury ... Poseidon might have succeeded in hiding his scheme to start a war.” (p. 312)