THE KNIGHT AT DAWNVocabulary for Mrs. Berg’s ClassChapters 7-10

Chapters 7-10oBarreloCanteredoClingingoCreepyoDampoDismountedoEmbankmentoGroveoPassageoPrecipiceoSlitheroStoreroomoTrapdooroTunnelovisor

BARREL noun    A large container with a round, flat

top and bottom and with curved sides.

CANTERED noun    A large container with a round, flat

top and bottom and with curved sides.

CLINGING verb    to stick to something

CREEPY adjective    scary or strange

DAMP adjective    a little wet

DISMOUNTED verb    got down from something, like a horse

EMBANKMENT noun    a wall that keeps water out

GROVE noun    a group of trees

PASSAGE noun    a path or hallway where one can pass

PRECIPICE noun    A very steep cliff.  

SLITHER verb    to slide like a snake

STOREROOM noun    A room in which things are stored.  

TRAPDOOR noun    a secret door that opens in the floor

TUNNEL noun    a path underground

VISOR noun    A piece of armor plate (with eye slits)

fixed or hinged to a medieval helmet to protect the face.