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Percy, ch 13-16
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Deceitful | Something that tends to mislead or deceive, or someone who is given to deception and is not honest. |
| Chimera | A monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail. |
| Emitting | to produce and discharge (something, especially gas or radiation). |
| Revelation | The disclosure of knowledge or truth that was previously hidden or unknown. |
| Embedded | Fixed firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass; implanted. |
| Immune | Totally or partially resistant to a particular infectious disease or pathogen. |
| Vicious | Deliberately cruel or violent. |
| Proposition | A suggested program or plan of action, especially in a business context. |
| Temperamental | Liable to unreasonable changes of mood. |
| Metamorphosis | The process of transformation (often from an immature form to an adult form) |
| Mournful | Feeling, expressing, or inducing sadness, regret, or grief. |
| Oblige | Make (someone) legally or morally bound to an action or course of action. |