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What Red Dragon Means
What Red Dragon Means
Unknow vocabulary:
Herd: to move together as a group, or to cause animals or people to move together in
a group e.g: The teachers herded the children into buses.
Hall: a building or large room used for events involving a lot of people e.g: the Royal
Albert Hall
Akin: having some of the same qualities; similar e.g: They speak a language akin
to French.
Among: to each one in a group of three or more people or things e.g: This grade is not
fair, you should divide among the three of us.
Tan: pleasantly brown skin caused by being in the hot sun e.g: She came back from
Spain with a deep tan.
Leery: not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it
if possible e.g: I've always been a little leery of authority figures.
Couch: to express something in a particular way e.g: I don’t understand her, it is all
couched by her emotions.
Drowsy: feeling sleepy esp. when it is not the usual time to sleep e.g: The room is
so warm it’s making me drowsy.
Messily: used to describe a situation that is confused and unpleasant e.g: A war will be
a long and messy business.
Shave: to remove hair from the body, especially a man's face, by cutting itclose to
the skin with a razor, so that the skin feels smooth e.g: John has to shave twice a day.
Knots: A group of people or things e.g: After the game, disappointed knots
of people drifted away.
Tremble: to shake slightly, usually because you are cold, frightened, or very emotional
E.g: When he came out of the water, he was trembling with cold.
Torn out: We sat on carpet samples because my father had torn out the seats in a sober
rage not long after he bought the van from a crazy white man.
Warrant: to make a particular action necessary or correct, or to be a reason to do
something e.g: His injury was serious enough to warrant an operation.
Lotion: A liquid that is put on your skin in order to protect it, improve its condition, or
make it smell pleasant e.g: She applied some hand/suntan lotion and rubbed it in.