The Blood of Olympus: Chapters 45–58

by Rick Riordan
In the fifth book of the Heroes of Olympus series, a group of demigods battles against giants and the goddess Gaia, who is intent on destroying the earth.

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  1. immune
    not affected by a given influence
    He could sit in crosstown traffic all day without losing his patience. He was immune to road rage.
  2. palomino
    a horse of light tan or golden color
    The centaurs were like nothing Nico had ever seen. They had back ends like palominos, tattoos all over their hairy arms and chests, and bullish horns protruding from their foreheads.
  3. meander
    move or cause to move in a winding or curving course
    Their camp spilled across the farm road that meandered around Camp Half-Blood’s southeast perimeter.
  4. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
    Beyond that milled a tribe of two-headed men dressed in rags and blankets like homeless guys, armed with a haphazard collection of slings, clubs and metal pipes.
  5. ravenous
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
    But, for all its impressive discipline, the Twelfth Legion looked pitifully small, a splotch of demigod valour in a sea of ravenous monsters.
  6. incendiary
    a bomb that is designed to start fires
    The projectile was a mixture of incendiaries and Imperial gold.
  7. volatile
    liable to lead to sudden change or violence
    Even a small amount of Imperial gold could be incredibly volatile.
  8. constrict
    become tight or as if tight
    Nico’s throat constricted with hate.
  9. exasperation
    a feeling of annoyance
    Nico sighed in exasperation. He hated working with other people.
  10. saboteur
    someone who deliberately destroys or disrupts something
    ‘Well,’ Octavian snarled, ''Graecus saboteurs.’ He turned to his dog-headed warriors. ‘Tear them apart.’
  11. bicker
    argue over petty things
    If he hadn’t been so distracted bickering with the son of Apollo, he would never have allowed the enemy to get so close.
  12. neutral
    not supporting or favoring either side in a dispute
    Nico tried to keep his expression neutral.
  13. trajectory
    the path followed by an object moving through space
    Please don’t check the firing trajectory, he thought.
  14. reverberate
    ring or echo with sound
    Nico felt the sound before he heard it - thunk-thunk-thunk reverberating through the earth, like the massive gears of a drawbridge.
  15. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area
    From the three sabotaged machines, the payloads veered sideways, arcing towards the barrage from the other three onagers.
  16. tether
    restraint consisting of a rope or chain
    He decided there was something more beautiful than an off-course projectile: the Athena Parthenos gleaming in the sunrise, flying in from the coast, suspended from the tethers of six winged horses.
  17. equine
    relating to or resembling a horse
    Pulling his chariot were four horses made of wind, each constantly shifting from equine to human form, trying to break free.
  18. phalanx
    a body of troops in close array
    On the opposite side of the temple, Frank Zhang and the god Ares smashed through an entire phalanx of giants - Ares with his spear and shield, Frank (as an African elephant) with his trunk and feet.
  19. bludgeon
    strike with a club
    The strangest sight was the old giant Thoon, who was getting bludgeoned to death by three old ladies with brass clubs - the Fates, armed for war.
  20. melee
    a noisy riotous fight
    He noticed all of these things, and a dozen other melees in progress, but most of his attention was fixed on the enemy before him - Porphyrion, the giant king - and on the god who fought by Jason’s side: Zeus.
  21. blanch
    turn pale, as if in fear
    The queen of heaven blanched. ‘Husband, surely you see now - this was the only way.’
  22. inconspicuous
    not prominent or readily noticeable
    Jason wondered if Apollo had assumed this form to be inconspicuous, or to look pitiable to his father.
  23. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
    You succumbed to flattery and vanity.
  24. prow
    the front part of a vessel
    The last Jason saw of his dad, Zeus was a hundred feet tall, holding the Argo II by its prow.
  25. disoriented
    having lost your bearings
    Piper, Annabeth and Percy followed, all of them looking disoriented.
  26. armament
    weaponry used by military or naval force
    The Argo II streaked across the sky in a ball of fire, shedding burning chunks of mast, hull and armament.
  27. primordial
    having existed from the beginning
    The Athena Parthenos had been protecting the demigods, holding back the wrath of the earth, but even Athena’s might could only last so long against a primordial goddess.
  28. palpable
    capable of being perceived
    Fear as palpable as a cold front washed over the demigod army.
  29. maw
    the mouth, jaws, or throat
    Festus, reborn, rose into the sky on gleaming wings, spewing fire from his maw triumphantly.
  30. maelstrom
    a powerful circular current of water
    Soon they were in the eye of a maelstrom.
  31. contort
    twist and press out of shape
    Her face contorted with miniature earthquakes and mudslides.
  32. weary
    physically and mentally fatigued
    ‘You are so weary,’ Piper told the goddess, her voice radiating kindness and sympathy.
  33. eon
    an interminable period of time
    ‘Aeons of pain and disappointment weigh on you.’
  34. dissonant
    lacking in harmony
    Grover Underwood and a team of satyrs danced around with their panpipes, playing harmonies so dissonant that the earthen-shelled ghosts cracked apart.
  35. placate
    cause to be more favorably inclined
    Will raised his hands in a placating gesture.
  36. proximity
    the property of being close together
    Michael Kahale took in the scene - his boss’s robes tangled in the trigger rope, Octavian’s jewellery fuming from proximity to the Imperial gold ammunition.
  37. convocation
    the act of calling to a meeting
    Overnight, the satyrs and nymphs disappeared into the woods for a convocation of the Cloven Elders.
  38. feisty
    showing spirit and courage
    The Aphrodite and Athena girls alike cooed over the feisty little satyr baby, who waved his pudgy fists, kicked his tiny hooves and bleated, ‘Baaaa! Baaaa!’
  39. quarantine
    isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
    It made him happy to live with a sister again - even if it was only for a few days, and even if Hazel insisted on partitioning her side of the room with sheets for privacy so it looked like a quarantine zone.
  40. hapless
    unfortunate and deserving pity
    He imagined some hapless monster terrorizing a random demigod in Kansas, only to find itself surrounded by several dozen carloads of heavily armoured Romans.
Created on Thu Sep 03 21:14:43 EDT 2015 (updated Tue Apr 09 12:27:07 EDT 2019)

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