| courtesy |
good, polite manners. |
| dinner |
the main meal of the day. |
| dusk |
the time of day just before night; last moments of twilight. |
| gather |
to bring together into one place; collect. |
| giant |
an imaginary being who looks like a person but has enormous size and strength. |
| jail |
a building in which a government keeps people who have broken a law. |
| neat |
clean and in proper order, or liking to keep things that way. |
| official |
a person who holds an office in a business or government. |
| seat |
a chair or other object for sitting on. |
| shadow |
the dark image on a surface caused by something that blocks light from the sun. |
| suddenly |
without warning, often causing surprise or fear. |
| terrify |
to fill with great fear or terror; scare. |
| thump |
a heavy, dull sound of one thing hitting another. |
| twig |
a small branch of a tree or other plant. |
| vacuum |
a space or container in which there is no air or from which most of the air has been removed. |