Vocabulary+Ch.+15+-+28

__rasping__** (Brandan) - pg. 149; to make a harsh, grating sound; "There was nothing except the wind and the rasping call of a cactus wren somewhere in the rocks."
 * __ Vocabulary Words Ch. 15-17 __


 * __paranoid__** (Dakota) - pg. 156; a serious mental condition marked by delusions of grandeur; "That figures, he is so paranoid that he is always spying on people."


 * __theological__** (Brent) - pg. 159; "I suppose that's what nuns call a theological problem." Of or relating to the study of the nature of God and the religious truth


 * __indignation__** (Reilly) - pg. 163; "Marias body wriggled with indignation." Anger aroused by something unworthy, mean, or unjust

__**abomination**__ (Brianna) **-** pg. 163; "he was an abomination." Extreme disgust and hatred.


 * __wraith__** (Nate) **-** pg. 164; "Maria looked like a wraith in her black dress." An apparition or ghost.

__**decamped**__ (Lauren)**-** pg. 166; "El Patron decamped no longer afterwards." To pack up and leave


 * __malevolence__** (David) - pg. 167; wishing something evil on another person; "But her malevolence was in a class by itself."


 * __Nationalist__** (Hunter)- pg. 176; "He was a Scottish nationalist, see." A member of a political party or group advocating national independence or a strong national government.


 * __ethics__** (Elyse)- pg.177; a set of principals of right conduct; a system of moral value; "No, he's a cut above, Ralf said, "with his fancy ethics and social conscience."

**__ Vocabulary Words Ch. 18-20 __** __**vanity**__ (Cody R) - pg. 192 "It was, the boy realized,simply vanity." Excessive pride, conceit __ **Vocabulary Words Ch. 21-22**
 * __pillaging__** (Hope R.) - pg. 184 "That's what a dragon amasses from pillaging castles." To strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war, plunder
 * ecology**__ (Hannah S.) - pg. 207 "I've been reading modern church doctrine about ecology." Branch of biology dealing with the relations of organisms
 * __penance__** (Brad S.) - pg. 207 "It's one of those things I penance for all the time." An act of self mortification performed voluntarily to show sorrow for a wrongdoing
 * __sham__** (Ryan T.) - pg 293 "But it was all a sham." Something false that is decietfully passed off as genuine
 * __DNA__** (Tyler V.) - pg. 222 "Tam Lin said that the scorpion in the secret passage only recognizes the DNA of El Patron." An acid found in cells, in the nucleus, makes up and defines what the cell does

**__Vocabulary Words Ch. 23-25__** **__dismissive__** (Matt W.) - pg. 234 "Oh, them. El Patron was dismissive." To direct or allow to leave **__ Vocabulary Words Ch. 26-28 __** __**plankton**__ (Conner B) - pg. 262 "The plankton factory in Saint Luis." Small green particles living in shallow water __**earnest**__ (Robert B.) - pg. 267 "Matt said feeling sorry for the earnest little boy." Shwing depth and sincerity of feeling __**communal**__ (Kayla B.) - pg. 272 "They were marched into communal showers." Belonging to a community __**purgatory**__ (Hannah C.)- pg. 279 "I was in purgatory." A place or condition of suffering making amends for sins or remorse
 * __foxglove__** (Landon W.) - pg. 235 "When you had your first heart attack I poisened Matt with foxglove from my garden." Any of several plants having a long cluster of tubular purplish yellow used a source of digitalis
 * __mercenary__** (Lucas W.) - pg. 239 "You see lad, I'm what you call a mercenary." Working only out of desire for money
 * __grottoes__** (Danielle B.) - pg. 255 "The rainy season in the Ajo Mountains was brief and Matt had a very clear idea of how soon the little frog ponds and hidden grottoes would dry out." A small cave or cavern
 * __rancid__** (Hayley D.) - pg. 283 "Like rancid glue." Having unpleasant smell of decomposed oils or fats