"Legend" by Marie Lu, Part One : Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

hinder

WANTED FOR ASSAULT, ARSON, THEFT, DESTRUCTION OF MILITARY PROPERTY, AND HINDERING THE WAR EFFORT

makeshift

In an attempt to distract myself, I'm piecing together a makeshift slingshot out of old PVC pipes.

stockpile

Over the years we've learned to stockpile the extra money we steal and stash it away for emergencies.

vigil

I don't dare move from my vigil.

prodigy

The Republic’s favorite little prodigy is in trouble again.

discipline

Thomas might be several years younger than Metias and a subordinate on his patrol, but he’s more disciplined than anyone I know. Sometimes I wish I had that much discipline.

intuition

No matter how sharp my intuition is, no matter how well I do at Drake or how perfectly I score in defense and target practice and hand-to-hand combat, Metias’s eyes always hold that fear.

humble

My mother used to hope that I would rise up from my humble roots. Become someone successful, or even famous. I'm famous all right, but I don't think it's what she had in mind.

stealth

Now I'm moving with all speed and no stealth.

adrenaline

I can't tell if adrenaline is keeping me from feeling other effects of my fall.

efficient

I remember watching him peel that orange for me; he cut one long, efficient line in the fruit’s peel, then removed it all in one piece.

renowned

Maybe I’d even be lucky enough to get assigned to a renowned commander like Metias did.

coherent

This is my first coherent thought as we reach the bottom floor of our high-rise and climb into a waiting jeep.

analyze

I’m supposed to be analyzing the crime scene . . . but I can’t concentrate.

scour

I will scour the streets of Los Angeles for you.

deceive

I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat, and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run.

thoroughly

And if that much money was involved, he certainly would have planned more thoroughly and known when the laboratory’s next shipment of plague medicine would arrive.

evidence

One of my hands clutches a pendant necklace, a piece of evidence I’ve been studying for a while now.

agenda

He has some sort of agenda to stop us from winning against the Colonies.

crude

For a while we thought he might work for the Colonies—but his jobs are crude, without high-tech equipment or noticeable funding behind them.

stupefied

Another time, he broke into a bank vault but left the four security guards at its back entrance untouched—although a bit stupefied.

exploit

Day’s exploits used to fascinate me.

affiliation

Or worse, they'd learn about her affiliation with me and interrogate her.

fugitive

Not unless they want to become fugitives like me.

unidentifiable

I need to look genderless, generic, unidentifiable.

agile

I already know how agile Day is.

vantage

He must be on an adjacent block with a good vantage point—a high floor.

option

I won’t be allowed to force Day to come to me—which leaves me only one option.

salvage

Maybe I could salvage something useful from the bin.

suspicious

Usually I can hear something suspicious before Tess does, but this time I hear nothing at all.

wily

Tess, though, is slender and wily.

deliberately

She stands deliberately, with a hand resting on her hip, as if nothing in the world can catch her off guard.

opponent

I’m more worried that I’ll accidentally kill my opponent.

fend

I should have let her fend for herself.

precise

My style is too precise for a simple street beggar.

maintain

My wound burns, but I grit my teeth and maintain my grip on her arm.

cautious

The Girl smiles for the first time, but there's something eternally cautious about her eyes.

defiant

Maybe it's the expression in her eyes, something at once coolly logical and fiercely defiant.

impressive

"Wow, you're a risk-taker. But your fighting is pretty impressive. I bet you don't have much trouble on your own."

reliable

I curse myself for risking so much money in a Skiz bet instead of finding a more reliable way to get cash.

accomplish

Commander Jameson doesn’t believe I can accomplish anything on this mission

nimble

I notice other things too: how familiar he is with streets far from the Lake sector, as if he could walk them blindfolded; how nimble his fingers are when they smooth down the wrinkles at his shirt’s waist; how he looks at buildings as if memorizing them.

perceptive

“You’re a perceptive one, Girl,” the boy says quietly.

unperturbed

Tess walks ahead of us, completely unperturbed by her surroundings, her stride cheerful and carefree.

awareness

We continue taking turns—large swigs for him, small sips for me—until he recorks the bottle, seeming to put it away the instant he feels it dulling his awareness.

composure

Then he regains his composure, and as I struggle to regain mine, he leans back against the wall beside me and sighs.

evade

It’s a wonder you’ve evaded the government for so long—but you can’t hide now, not when your own family or friends are at risk.

instinct

On instinct, I swing the slingshot toward him and fire.

tactic

"We've tried your tactic. Now let's try mine."

avenge

Some small part of me wants to smile at the sight, to feel the joy of avenging my brother’s death.

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