By Zilpha Keatley Snyder Elizabethan Diplomacy Moods and Maybes Hieroglyphics The Ceremony for the Dead warily In a watchful or cautious manner Adverb Both boys were standing now watching the girls warily ID: 514735
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The Egypt GameBy Zilpha Keatley Snyder
“Elizabethan Diplomacy,” “Moods and Maybes,” “Hieroglyphics,” “The Ceremony for the Dead
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warilyIn a watchful or cautious manner.
Adverb
"Both boys were standing now, watching the girls warily."Slide3
solemnMade in legal form, as in a declaration or agreement.
"Toby made everyone take a solemn oath not to tell where they'd been, even if they'd been missed and people started asking questions."
AdjectiveSlide4
oathA statement or promise.
Noun
"Toby made everyone take a solemn oath not to tell where they'd been, even if they'd been missed and people started asking questions."Slide5
contemplatedTo consider or think fully about.
Verb
"For a few minutes the two girls contemplated the possibility in mournful silence."Slide6
exchangedTo give and receive reciprocally.
Verb
“April and Melanie exchanged surprised glances.” Slide7
decipheredTo make out the meaning of something.
Verb
"Letters were written and exchanged and deciphered."Slide8
fluentAble to speak or write easily.
Adjective
“Since
he wasn't even in kindergarten yet, he wasn't exactly fluent in either one."Slide9
rendezvousAn agreement to meet at a certain time and place.
Noun
"It was Saturday afternoon and April, Melanie and Marshall had just come down to get Elizabeth to join the boys in Egypt for a previously scheduled rendezvous."Slide10
mournfulFeeling or expressing grief, sorrow, or sadness.
Adjective
“Then
came April and Melanie as the mourning populace, scattering flowers and chanting,
‘Weep
for Prince Pete-
hotep
-fallen in battle
,’
in a high mournful wail."Slide11
wailTo utter a long, mournful cry, as in grief or suffering.
Verb
“Then came April and Melanie as the mourning populace, scattering flowers and chanting, ‘Weep for Prince Pete-
hotep
-fallen in battle,’ in a high mournful wail."