Chapter 1
Apprentice
What is a person who is learning a skill or trade from a professional for low pay?
Deliberately
What is in a deliberate manner, with thoughtful and careful consideration?
Solemn
What is serious?
Indifferent
What is having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned?
Treachery
What is the act of betraying someone’s trust?
Abruptly
What is suddenly and unexpectedly?
Monument
What is a statue or building made to remember a famous person or event?
Skimpy
What is providing or consisting of less than is needed?
Ingot
What is a block of gold, typically rectangular?
Menacingly
What is having the appearance of being threatening?
Misgivings
What are feelings of doubt or apprehension?
Idler
What is a continually lazy person?
Preoccupation
What is a state of being distracted by a thought?
Undernourished
What is having less than the needed amount of nutrients for good health?
Luxuriously
What is extremely comfortable or fancy?
Disdainfully
What is showing a lack of respect?
Kilt
What is clothing which resembles a knee-length skirt worn by men in ancient Egypt?
Hewn
What is chopped or cut?
Villa
What is a large home?
Surliness
What is bad-tempered and unfriendly?
Exquisite
What is extremely beautiful?
Spasmodically
What is having the appearance of a spasm (uncontrolled muscle movements)?
Chided
What is scolded?
Joviality
What is cheerfulness and friendliness?
Crucible
What is a container used to melt metals at high temperatures?
Irresolute
What is showing or feeling hesitancy; uncertain or unsure?
Succulent
What is tender or tasty?
Solder
What is metal used for fusing other types of metal together?
Amulet
What is a small piece of jewelry thought to protect a person from danger or evil?
Obsidian
What is black, glasslike rock formed from cooled lava?
Dingier
What is gloomier or duller?
Obsequious
What is excessively or overly obedient or attentive?
Deben
What is a unit of money in ancient Egypt?
Shenti
What is clothing which resembles a knee-length skirt worn by men in ancient Egypt (see kilt)?
Glutteral
What is sound produced in the throat; harsh-sounding?
Ostensibly
What is appears to be but may not actually?
Ingratiatingly
What is in a flattering manner?
Unprepossessing
What is unattractive, not eye-catching?
Insolent
What is rude or lack of respect?
Fishmonger
What is a person or store that sells fish for food?