The Red Pyramid: Chapters 32–41

by Rick Riordan
In the first volume of The Kane Chronicles, siblings Carter and Sadie must use their newly discovered magical powers to defeat an ancient Egyptian god.

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  1. amble
    walk leisurely
    Khufu gave me one last nervous look, glanced fearfully at Amos, then ambled over the dune with his bag in one arm and Muffin in the other.
  2. vista
    the visual percept of a region
    The vista coming over the mountains was quite stunning.
  3. curio
    something unusual, maybe worthy of collecting
    The streets were brightly lit and crowded—it looked like a festival—with stall vendors selling strings of red peppers, Indian blankets, and other curios.
  4. livid
    furiously angry
    Desjardins stepped forward, his face livid. “The child dares speak the Divine Words. She is corrupted by Isis, and you are guilty of assisting the gods.”
  5. intone
    speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch
    “Hunt Desjardins,” she intoned.
  6. chassis
    the skeleton of a motor vehicle
    The fire came to a parked car, and instead of going round, it burned its way straight through the metal chassis, sawing the car in two.
  7. evasive
    avoiding or escaping from difficulty or danger
    I took another evasive turn, and Zia yelled, “There!”
  8. silo
    a cylindrical tower used for storing grain
    She pointed toward a well-lit factory complex with trucks, warehouses, and silos.
  9. brunt
    the main part, especially of a force or shock
    The hull shielded us from the brunt of the blast, but the entire bottom of the ship was now on fire, and we were going down.
  10. billow
    rise up as if in waves
    We managed to get out of the warehouse just before the whole place imploded from the heat, billowing a spicy-hot mushroom cloud into the sky.
  11. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
    “The hardest part is the figurine. The first time you enchant the piece of clothing, you’d need to smash a shabti into the fabric and speak a binding charm to meld them together. It would require a clay or wax figure that has already been imbued with a spirit.”
  12. addled
    confused and vague; used especially of thinking
    Sadie says my brain was just addled.
  13. flotsam
    the floating wreckage of a ship
    The city was leveled: rubble and dust for miles, the Thames choked with flotsam.
  14. gale
    a strong wind moving 34–40 knots
    Through the gale of wind and sand, I could see we were parked in front of a lighted petrol station.
  15. strait
    a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
    If two male magicians were desperate enough to stop for directions, we were in dire straits.
  16. whim
    a sudden desire
    “Carter is referring to an invisibility spell. But I have no magic. And unless you have the proper components, it can’t be done on a whim.”
  17. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
    The golden capstone plummeted until the lines attached to it from our side yanked taut, and our boat nearly flipped over.
  18. pyrotechnic
    a device with an explosive with colored flames
    Fireballs shot from the boat in all directions as pieces of the hull crumbled away. I didn’t have time to marvel at Amos’s magic, or worry what had happened to him. He distracted many of the demons with his pyrotechnics, but some noticed us.
  19. misshapen
    so badly formed or distorted as to be ugly
    It was a horrid misshapen thing, like a red stalagmite that had grown haphazardly from centuries of dripping sediment.
  20. stalagmite
    a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting from a cave floor
    It was a horrid misshapen thing, like a red stalagmite that had grown haphazardly from centuries of dripping sediment.
  21. haphazardly
    in a random manner
    It was a horrid misshapen thing, like a red stalagmite that had grown haphazardly from centuries of dripping sediment.
  22. convulse
    shake uncontrollably
    Suddenly Amos fell to his knees and began to convulse. I ran towards him, but he looked up at me, his face racked with pain.
  23. bestial
    resembling an animal, especially by being vicious or cruel
    His head shifted from bestial to human.
  24. melee
    a noisy riotous fight
    Four snake-headed giants had retrieved it and were carrying it slowly but steadily through the melee.
  25. undertaker
    one whose business is the management of funerals
    He was dressed in a black silk suit with his tie unknotted, like he’d just come back from a funeral or possibly a convention for really gorgeous undertakers.
  26. obscure
    make unclear or less visible
    Mist obscured the lights of the city, and the air was wintry.
  27. forlorn
    marked by or showing hopelessness
    “Sadie,” he said forlornly, “when you become a parent, you may understand this. One of my hardest jobs as a father, one of my greatest duties, was to realize that my own dreams, my own goals and wishes, are secondary to my children’s..."
  28. concede
    admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly
    “You might save me,” Dad conceded. “But the power of Osiris, the power inside me, would be consumed by the pyramid. It would only hasten the destruction and make Set stronger. The pyramid must be destroyed, all of it. And you know how that must be done.”
  29. rend
    tear or be torn violently
    “I will rend your limbs from their sockets!” he shouted.
  30. tome
    a large and scholarly book
    I held out my hand and summoned the little blue tome we’d stolen from Paris: The Book of Overcoming Set.
  31. primer
    an introductory textbook
    I unfolded the papyrus; the hieroglyphs were as clear as a nursery school primer.
  32. revulsion
    intense aversion
    He looked down in revulsion at the pile of sand that had once been a demon.
  33. faithless
    having the character of a traitor; disloyal
    “But you’re still one of the gods. True, you’re evil, faithless, ruthless, vile—”
  34. quaver
    give off unsteady sounds
    “Hey.” Carter’s voice quavered. “Stay awake. You’re not going to leave me alone with Sadie, are you? She’s bad company.”
  35. patron
    someone who supports or champions something
    Amos stared at the headless god—the patron of magicians—and I could guess what he was thinking.
  36. desolate
    crushed by grief
    Then he sank into a chair on the terrace and stared desolately at the Manhattan skyline.
  37. haggard
    showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
    He’d lost too much weight. His face looked haggard.
  38. reverberate
    have a long or continuing effect
    The Duat is the foundation for the real world. If there is chaos here, it reverberates in the upper world.
  39. conspiratorial
    relating to or characteristic of a secret plot or agreement
    She leaned forward and smiled conspiratorially. “I like chocolate caramels, too, though your grandmum never approved of keeping sweets in the flat.”
  40. scrutinize
    look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail
    She scrutinized every detail of my outfit.
Created on Thu Aug 01 10:08:47 EDT 2019 (updated Wed Aug 07 10:32:09 EDT 2019)

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