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New Dragon City & Treasure Tracks Vocab

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    Vocabulary sentences from New Dragon City by Mari Marcusi
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  • I threw myself on the ground and rolled around, trying to smother the flames as hot pain SCALDED my skin.
    To burn
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  • Was it food? Her mouth watered in ANTICIPATION, she dropped to the ground, looking around.
    Eagerly awaiting something
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  • She stared at him for a moment, INDECISION whirling through her. She knew what her mother would do.
    Inability to make a choice
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  • He stared at her, an INCREDULOUS look on his face. Had he understood her words?
    Doubtful
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  • I waited for Dad to come to my room to say goodnight, but he only BUSTLED around the kitchen for a bit, then headed straight to his bedroom.
    To move around noisily
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  • Feeling BOLDER, I grabbed my shoes and headed out of the apartment and into the courtyard.
    Braver
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  • How would I be able to find her? Especially without accidentally alerting the rest of the herd—who wanted me dead—to my PRESENCE.
    The state of existing nearby
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  • But no, my heart sank as I caught sight of the giant, MENACING shape flying through the sky above. It was right over my head.
    Threatening
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  • I suddenly remembered the cooked dragon smell that had PERMEATED the apartment earlier. Did I still smell like roasted meat?
    Filled
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  • I was trapped in its VICELIKE grip. There was no getting away.
    Extremely tight, like a vice would hold something
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  • And if he somehow did believe her, well, that would be the end of her REIGN.
    The state of ruling a society
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  • “Everyone deserves a fair trial,” she said. “Even the monsters. Tomorrow, we will hold a tribunal and he will appear before all our dragons. There, I will decide what shall be done with him.” Tolkyn gave her a DUBIOUS look.
    Doubtful
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  • Even the palm trees warned things were anything but the usual SERENE.
    Peaceful
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  • Good thing Mami couldn’t WRING my neck over the airwaves.
    Squeeze and twist something
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  • I’d hated squids ever since DISSECTING one in science class.
    To cut something apart for studying it
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