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The Egypt Game By Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The Egypt Game By Zilpha Keatley Snyder. (“The Oracle of Thoth,” “The Oracle Speaks,” and “Where is Security”). oracle. "Among the stuff reported to the class was a list of the countries that had depended on oracles to help the rulers decide how to run things.".

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The Egypt Game By Zilpha Keatley Snyder

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  1. The Egypt GameBy ZilphaKeatley Snyder (“The Oracle of Thoth,” “The Oracle Speaks,” and “Where is Security”)

  2. oracle • "Among the stuff reported to the class was a list of the countries that had depended on oracles to help the rulers decide how to run things." A person who delivers wise and influential information. Noun

  3. trance • "She would go into a trance, and then she would speak with the voice of the gods." A half-conscious state; a dazed or bewildered condition. Noun

  4. hustled • "When Toby had backed to where the others were kneeling, he got them up and hustled them out of the temple." To proceed or work rapidly. Verb

  5. pilgrimage • "Horemheb, the famous general, has come on a pilgrimage to the grotto of the Oracle of Thoth to ask a terribly important question." A long journey made to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion. Noun

  6. grotto • "Horemheb, the famous general, has come on a pilgrimage to the grotto of the Oracle of Thoth to ask a terribly important question." A cave or cavern. Noun

  7. meditated • "...so they usually shut themselves up for days without any food and meditated until they felt very pure.." To engage in thought or reflect. Verb

  8. regal • "Her calmly regal high-priestess expression faded and she frowned as she read each side again." Of or pertaining to a king; royal. Adjective

  9. presided • “Toby presided again as the high priest, and his ceremony was almost exactly the same as the day before." To occupy the place of authority or control. Verb

  10. pestering • "Marshall wanted Security back, and Melanie wanted Marshall to quit pestering her and be himself again.” To bother persistently with annoyances. Verb

  11. wavery • "In the same small waveryhand that had answered Ken's question, the oracle had written." Moving or swaying back and forth; unsteady. Adjective

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