| corner |
the place where two roads meet. |
| courtesy |
good, polite manners. |
| fort |
a strong building used for defense or for soldiers to live in. |
| gesture |
to make a motion with the body that expresses a feeling or thought. |
| herd |
the common people; most people. The expression "He (or she) follows the herd" means that a person tends to do what everybody else does, like a cow in a herd, and does not think for himself or herself. |
| mysterious |
not known and not able to be explained. |
| quiet |
making little or no noise. |
| rail |
one of the two long steel bars along which a train moves. |
| sick |
having an illness; not well. |
| soak |
to make completely wet; drench. |
| squash1 |
to press into a flat mass. |
| teacher |
a person whose job is explaining and showing things to students so that they can learn. |
| terrible |
causing fear, terror, or horror. |
| tower |
a tall, narrow building or part of a building that rises high above the ground. |
| unfair |
against what is right or just. |