The Last Olympian: Chapters 4–7

by Rick Riordan
In this fifth book of the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, the almost-sixteen-year-old demigod discovers that his odds of defeating Kronos, Typhon, and their armies are being lowered by a spy at Camp Half-Blood.

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  1. renovate
    restore to a previous or better condition
    She has the top floor of her family’s mansion, which is a renovated brownstone in Brooklyn.
  2. strew
    spread by scattering
    Dirty clothes and old energy bar wrappers were strewn around the floor, but when you’ve got a room that big, the mess doesn't look so bad.
  3. monogram
    mark, print, or embroider with one’s initials or other letters
    His blue silk pajamas had “WD” monogrammed on the pocket. Seriously, who has monogrammed pajamas?
  4. trappings
    ornaments; embellishments to or characteristic signs of
    I saw spears, javelins, and banners—the trappings of an army.
  5. fissure
    a long narrow opening
    I kept staring at the fissure in the marble floor where two years ago Nico had banished a bunch of bloodthirsty skeletons to the Underworld.
  6. heinous
    extremely wicked or deeply criminal
    Actually, it was Annabeth's turn for inspection. My morning chore was to sort through reports for Chiron. But since we both hated our jobs, we decided to do them together so it wouldn't be so heinous.
  7. coordinated
    intentionally matched
    The clothes in everyone’s footlockers were color coordinated.
  8. listless
    marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm
    Silena nodded listlessly.
  9. couplet
    a stanza consisting of two successive lines of verse
    Two archers ran by, chased by an angry Ares kid who was yelling in poetry: “Curse me, eh? I’ll make you pay! / I don’t want to rhyme all day!”
    Annabeth sighed. “Not that again. Last time Apollo cursed a cabin, it took a week for the rhyming couplets to wear off.”
  10. bicker
    argue over petty things
    “We're fighting for our lives,” I said, “and they’re bickering about some stupid chariot.”
  11. suppress
    control and refrain from showing
    Her second-in-command, Malcolm, suppressed a smile.
  12. dejected
    affected or marked by low spirits
    "You haven’t heard anything from him? Even with your empathy link?”
    I shook my head dejectedly.
  13. trudge
    walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
    She trudged off with Chris at her heels.
  14. smelt
    extract by heating, as a metal
    He had smelted Mrs. O’Leary’s favorite bronze chewing bone. He’d forged her collar with the little smiley face and a crossbones name tag.
  15. artillery
    large but transportable armament
    Soon she started barking—a sound slightly louder than an artillery gun—like she needed to go for a walk.
  16. invincible
    incapable of being overcome or subdued
    His belly would’ve made him an invincible bumper car.
  17. indignantly
    in a manner showing anger at something unjust or wrong
    Leneus huffed indignantly and brushed the twigs off his shirt.
  18. unsettle
    cause to feel nervous, anxious, or upset
    “They’re just taking some time off to think. It’s been a very unsettling year."
  19. disdainfully
    without respect
    “Empathy links,” Leneus said disdainfully. “Very unreliable.”
  20. glum
    moody and sorrowful
    She nodded glumly. “I hate not being able to leave the forest. He could be anywhere, and I’m stuck here waiting. Oh, if that silly goat has gotten himself hurt—”
  21. lope
    run easily
    He whistled, and Mrs. O'Leary came loping out of the woods.
  22. mantel
    a shelf that projects from the wall above a fireplace
    Then I noticed the framed picture on the mantel, and I froze.
  23. rasp
    speak in a harsh, grating voice
    "My child,” she rasped in a much deeper voice. "Must protect him! Hermes, help! Not my child! Not his fate—no!”
  24. frail
    physically weak
    I felt silly being scared of a frail old woman, but the way her voice had changed, the way she’d grabbed Nico...
  25. mousy
    having a drab pale brown color
    The girl had mousy brown hair and a simple brown dress.
  26. yield
    give in, as to influence or pressure
    Sometimes the hardest power to master is the power of yielding.
  27. hearth
    home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
    I am here because when all else fails, when all the other mighty gods have gone off to war, I am all that's left. Home. Hearth. I am the last Olympian.
  28. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
    Her tone was ominous, as though our next meeting would not be happy.
  29. muffled
    being or made softer or less loud or clear
    I heard a muffled yell from the bedroom.
  30. gullet
    the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
    My mom tossed her a ten-pound family-size tube of ground beef, which disappeared down her gullet.
  31. noble
    having high or elevated character
    But it sounds to me...it sounds like Percy is doing something noble. I wish I had that much courage.
  32. gnarled
    old and twisted and covered in lines
    Gnarled roots laced the ground, making a kind of bed.
  33. mirage
    optical illusion in which hot air distorts distant objects
    "...Middle of a sunny day, and he cast no shadow. He kind of shimmered as he moved."
    “Like a mirage?” Nico asked.
  34. cascade
    a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls
    To our right, the River Styx gushed from the rocks and roared off in a cascade of rapids.
  35. rampart
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
    To our left, far away in the gloom, fires burned on the ramparts of Erebos, the great black walls of Hades’s kingdom.
  36. fatigues
    military uniform worn by personnel when doing menial labor
    Skeletal warriors guarded the only exit. They wore tattered U.S. Army desert combat fatigues and carried M16s.
  37. lustrous
    made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing
    She had lustrous black hair and warm brown eyes.
  38. chide
    scold or reprimand severely or angrily
    “Husband, we talked about this,” Persephone chided. “You can’t go around incinerating every hero. Besides, he’s brave. I like that.”
  39. intact
    undamaged in any way
    Why should I rush out and help them? I’ll stay here with my forces intact.
  40. indifferent
    showing no care or concern in attitude or action
    She shrugged indifferently.
Created on Fri Apr 21 15:46:53 EDT 2017 (updated Mon Aug 21 09:43:34 EDT 2023)

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