1. The Lightening Thief: My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting
Vocabulary

2. The Lightening Thief – My Mother Teaches Me Bullfighting Vocabulary
flitted – (verb) - to move lightly and quickly; to flutter, like a bird
Grover’s eyes flitted to the rearview mirror.
satyrs – (noun) goatlike men who drank and chased the nymphs
There are satyrs who would trample you underhoof for such an insult!
hallucination – (noun) A false perception that appears to be real
We hoped you’d think the Kindly One was a hallucination.
miffed – (verb) to be angry or offended by an action or a comment.
Grover was obviously still miffed about the donkey comment.
minions – (noun) a favorite follower of someone in power
“It’s nobody much, just the Lord of the Dead and a few of his blood-thirstiest minions.”
silhouette – (noun) the outline of a solid figure as cast by its shadow
It was a dark silhouette of a huge guy, like a football player.
reeked – (verb) to give off a strong, unpleasant odor; to stink
He reeked like rotten meat.
disintegrate – (verb) to break apart into pieces or parts; to shatter
He flailed, clawing at his chest, then began to disintegrate like crumbling sand, blown away in chunks by the wind, the same way Mrs. Dodds had burst apart.