Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry Chapters 18-23

in the air or in flight

All of it in the tiniest stitches around the border of the left sleeve, aloft now with his arm outstretched.

to agree exactly

This part of the Song coincided with her own feelings at the moment.

showing respect and consideration for others : POLITE

This man appeared to be both friendly and courteous.

not able to think or speak clearly usually because of a high fever or other illness

My eyes were destroyed and I was almost delirious with pain.

expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn

She remembered the derisive voice of one of the weavers only a few days before.

causing fear and uneasiness : STRANGE

An eerie, glistening smoothness.

to hesitate in speech

He began to speak, faltered, took a breath, then stopped.

freezing cold

He slid into the singing of the green part now, melodic and soothing, a relief after the frigid destruction that had made his voice harsh and forbidding.

having or seeming to have no end

For a moment she thought of asking him about the captive child below, the Singer of the future, who was being forced to learn the interminable Song.

not letting light through : not transparent

His eyes were opaque and unseeing.

easily sensed : NOTICEABLE

Its nearness was palpable.

to attack or act upon with great violence

"Ravaged all, Bogo tabal Timore Toron Totoo now gone..."

happening or appearing again and again

He started to hum, and she recognized a recurrent melody from part of the Song.

a person who does not obey rules

She watched through the darkness as the blind man, the renegade boy, and the bent-tailed dog set off down the path.

to cause a lot of trouble or suffering for (someone or something)

"Burn, scourged world."

not often

Kira saw ice very seldom, only occasionally in the very coldest months when sleet struck the village, breaking tree branches, and the river froze near its banks.

to spread over or fill (something)

Then while Matt watched with delight and pride suffusing his face, she unfolded it and held it to the window light.

to call into being

When it was clear that he was summoning her to join him, she scrambled down from her chair and ran enthusiastically to the stage.