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All the way into the city I put up with Nancy Bobofit, the freckly, redheaded kleptomaniac girl, hitting my best friend Grover in the back of the head with chunks of peanut butter-and-ketchup sandwich. I think kleptomaniac means like crazy/psychopath. Kleptomaniac means a person who has kleptomaina

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He is 12 years old. He also says that he is a troubled kid who went to boarding school, until he got kicked out.

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The fates (The 3 old ladies) (pg. 26)(ch.1-3)

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The fates (The 3 old ladies) (pg. 26)(ch.1-3)

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In the book it describes the fates as 3 old ladies knitting. They had said that the middle lady took out a pair of scissors, and cut a piece of yarn.The fates are 3 goddesses. They were known to be able to do the impossible. Some people delivered every event was a destiny.

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Annabeth was described as a princess like girl with blonde hair that was curled.

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He lifted her as she struggled, kicking and pummeling the air. I think pummeling means to bunch air. Pummeling means to pound and/or beat someone or something.

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In the book Percy described the Minotaur as seven feet tall, his arms and legs looked like something from the cover of the muscle man magazine, bulging biceps, triceps all stuffed like baseballs under vein webbed skin. The Minotaur is a monster from Greek mythology. He was known to be phosophene's son.

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In the story Mr. D was described as a small man, but porky. He had a red nose, big watery eyes, and curly hair so black it was almost purple. He looked like a cherub who had turned middle-aged in a trailer park.

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With her deep tan and her curly blonde hair, she was almost exactly what I thought a stereotypical California girl would look like, except her eyes ruined the image. I think that this word means to not be normal; odd. Stereotypical really means, Conforming to a fixed or general pattern, normally when oversimplified.

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Zeus was not described very much in the book. However the book did mention that Zeus was the father of Mr. D. Zeus is a Greek God with many kids, siblings and ex-girlfriends. Zeus was the king of all the Gods

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In the story Clarisse was described as a big, ugly, and mean looking with a camo jacket.

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I strained to keep my head up, I was looking at the scummy water, thinking, I will not go in that, I won't. I think scummy means gross; disgusting.scummy really means irrelevant thing or uncleanly raised or formed on the surface of a liquid often looks foul filmy covering.

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Ares was not described in the book. The book however did mention that Ares was the father of Clarisse. Ares is a Greek God. He is the God of war.

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In the story Luke was described as about 19, and looked pretty cool, tall, muscular, with short cropped sandy hair, and a friendly smile. He wore an orange tank top, cuffs, sandals,and a leather necklace, with a 5 different colored thick white scar that ran from just beneath his right eye to his jaw, like an old knife slash.

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I was thinking about some of the kids I'd seen in the Hermes cabin, teenagers who looked sullen and depressed, as if they were waiting for a call that would never come. I think sullen means sad from how it is used in the story. The correct legal definition for sullen is " gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed" according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sullen

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Athena was described as the god of wisdom and battle in the book. Athena is known as a Greek god of wisdom and was very clever.

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In the story Thailia was not described very much but it did mention that she was Zeus's daughter, and the story said that she is now a pine tree.

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Clarrise and her buddies ran in with another banner of identical size, but gaudy red, painted with a bloody spear and boars head.

I think gaudy means dark or gross from how it is used but I am not really sure. The correct legal definition of gaudy is "ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented" according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaudy

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Artemis was not really described in the book. Artemis is the god of the moon, wild animals, and childbirth. She has a brother (Apollo) who is the god of the sun. Artemis can heal and bring sudden death.

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In the story Oracle was described as a gruesome memento of all a mummy. Not wrapped in cloth kin but a human female body shriveled to a husk with a tie dyed sun dress lots of beaded necklaces and a headband.

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I hope that diplomacy might prevail that Hera or Demeter or Hestia would make the two brothers see sense. My hypothesis for what prevail means is like to convince or make. The legal definition of prevail is "to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority" according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prevail

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Cyclopes was not described in the story but it did mention that the first weapon was made by Cyclopes for the war against titans. Cyclopes is known for forging Zeus's lightning bolt.

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Argus was not really described but the book did mention that he was going to be driving Percy and Annabeth.

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I took off the cap and the pen grew longer and heavier in my hand, then in a half second I held a shimmering bronze sword with a double-edged blade, a leather-wrapped grip and a flat hilt riveted with gold studs. I think riveted means smooth or sharp. Riveted means "a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head" according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riveted

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Mount Etna was not necacaraly described in the book. Mount Etna is known for being Europe's most active volcano.

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Aunty. Em was described as a middle Eastern woman, she wore a long black gown that covered everything but her hands, and her head was completely veiled.

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It will be just a moment , and you know that I cannot see you very well in this cursed veil.

I think a veil is a noun and that it is like a curtain. The accurate definition of veil is "a length of cloth worn by women as a covering for the head and shoulders and often especially in Eastern countries for the face specifically the outer covering of a nun's headdress, and veil is a noun." according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/veil

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Medusa was not necessarily described in the book but I did find that I think Medusa is mean based on how she acts in the book. Medusa is one of the 3 Gorgons, and she is not a god but she does have the power to turn anyone who looks at her into stone which was stated in the book that she turns anything into stone.

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Gladiola was describes as a poodle. Gladiola was a pink poodle and Grover could talk to it. Percy was also forced to say hello to the poodle because the poodle would understand Percy and everyone. The poodle could understand what they were saying.

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I tried to cry out, but my voice wouldn't work, then cold laughter echoed from the chasm. I think chasm means pain.

Chasm means a deep cleft in the surface of a planet for example Earth.

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It's so useless to lecture a human, at the rate things are going, I'll never find PAN. PAN is the Greek god of the wild. PAN was not described in the book. Off of research PAN looks like a man but his hips down he looks like a goat including hooves,goat fur, horns on his head, and some people even include a tail

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There were not any new character in this chapter!

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We couldn't get berths in the sleeper car, so we dozed in our seats. I think berths mean answers but honestly I have no idea. After I looked up what berths really means, I now know that it means "an assignment at which one regularly works for pay".

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Chimera was mentioned in the book in this sentence.

"This is a Chimera dear" The fat lady corrected, "Not a Chihuahua, it is easy to make a mistake".

The Chimera was described as if it looked like a chihuahua/dog and was a little mean.

A Chimera is a creature from mythology.

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I did not find a new character :)

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Her words seemed to come from everywhere, rippling through the water like dolphin sonar. I think sonar means something to do with a dolphin. Sonar is a tool which they use sound waves to detect things underwater.

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"Why had Poseidon saved me?"

Poseidon was Percy's dad and we know he was the god of water/oceans. Poseidon was also the Greek god of storms and earthquakes. Poseidon was also known for in the book for his lighting bolt getting stolen.

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"It's shaping up like the Trojan war all over again, Aphrodite, Ares, and Apollo are backing Poseidon more or less."

Ares was not described in the book. We do know that he is a Greek god. I also know that in previous chapters Ares was mentioned and they did say he was the Greek god of war.

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"Give Percy the nozzle and come on!''

I think nozzle means sleepy or something like sleepy. Nozzle's deffinition is "the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity" but it can also sometimes be used in a slang way.

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"who is she, Echidna?"

Echidna was not described in the book. However Echidna is

a monster from Greek mythology, and sometimes is referred to as an animal species. She looked like she was part woman and sometimes even described with 2 tails and she lived in a cave.

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The Zebra was not magical. He was described as a zebra. Percy jackson's dad poseiden made horses. So therefore Percy can understand the zebra.

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"I've got Thalia's pine tree, a Greek trireme on fire, a centaur in a prom dress-now that was a weird summer....''

I think trireme means like fake or a another word for story. ''An ancient galley having three banks of oars'' I found this definition on

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trireme

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''Your pretty smug, Lord Ares, for a guy who runs from cupid statues.''

Cupid was not descibed in the book but I do know that he is a god. Cupid is also sometimes known as Eros. He is the god of love desire and attraction, but however his origins vary.

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''I'm Crusty" he said with a smile, as I resisted the urge to say, yes you are."

Crusty was described as a tall 7ft guy that looked like a raptor in a leisure suit with absolutely no hair and grey leathery skin.

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"I had no QUALMS about what I was about to do."

I think qualms means options. I looked it up in the dictionary and qualms means ''a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety''

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He was actually our new character and he was lying and was actually a god. He was described as a tall 7ft guy that looked like a raptor in a leisure suit with absolutely no hair and grey leathery skin. And it does make sense that he lied to Percy because he is often known for being a bandit and lieing. If you were to short for the bed then he would stretch you until you were the length of the bed.

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(btw Could not find a character)

Hades was mentioned all throughout the chapter and was not described in the chapter. she did however rule the underworld, and was the greek god of death.

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Caron had a British accent as if English was his second language. He was tall and elegant with chocolate-colored skin and bleached blonde hair shaved military style. He was wearing a tortoiseshell shades and a silk Italian suit that matched his hair.

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"Good boy," Annabeth said, but her voice sounded melancholy and uncertain"

I think Melancholy means uncertain or unsure. Melancholy means "depression of spirits" according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melancholy

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The Cerberus was described as a dog with 3 heads and it was very ferocious. In Greek Mythology the Cerberus is a 3 headed dog that blocks the gates to the underworld to make sure the dead does not leave.

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"Looming on the horizon was a palace of glittering black obsidian. Above the parapets swirled three"

I think looming means looking or glancing. The definition of looming is "to come into sight in enlarged or distorted and indistinct form often as a result of atmospheric conditions" Acording to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/looming

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The underworld was not described very much in the book. I do know that Hades is the ruler of the underworld. In Greek Mythology the underworld is described as a dark palace beneath the Earth and is the realm of the dead and also is ruled by hades.

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"Peace brother, Posiedon finally said."

Poseidon was not really described in the book. In the book Poseidon was Percy's dad and Percy got to meet his dad. People describe Poseidon as the god of the sea, storms earthquakes, and even horses.

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"He cleaved downward at my head, but I wasn't there."

I think cleaved means to look down or to lean towards. The definition of cleaved is "to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly" according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cleave

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In the book it did not describe what Ichor looked like but it did say that it is the golden blood of the gods. Ichor is basically the golden fluid that flows through the gods' veins.