Vocabulary

• set out: To arrange something in an orderly fashion
• climb down: To descend, especially from a height, using your hands and feet.
• picks up: To catch a criminal and take to police station
• door: You walk through this when you go in a room
• band: Group of people who work together e.g. play music
• brother: A boy or man who shares a parent with you
• loved: To care for and like someone very strongly, deeply
• sun: Light and heat coming from a large star in the sky
• key: Answers to exercises, as at the back of a book
• man: Humans in general, including male and female
• city: Area with many buildings, roads and people
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• desert: To leave a place for ever; abandon
• guide: To help or advise someone about something
• underground: (Being or living) under the surface of the earth
• climb: To rise gradually and steadily to a higher point
• deep: Complex and important
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• market: To publicize products to get you to buy; advertise
• lose: To be unable to keep in check or control something
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• call: A order or request for action
• ancient: Very old; having lived a very long time ago
• hire: To give a job to someone in exchange for pay
• flooding: To quickly appear unexpectedly and in volume
• guard: To keep watch over something to protect it
• silently: In a perfectly quiet way
• architect: Person who designs and advises on buildings
• horror: Feeling of great shock or fear; thing causing it
• statue: Stone or metal image of a person, often carved
• bury: To put something into the ground and cover it
• stranger: Someone you do not know
• lock: To become fixed in place and hard to move
• owner: Person who owns or has something
• stone: Hard, solid piece of rock
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• tomb: Small building or stone box where dead body is put
• darkness: The state or quality of being dark in color
• blade: One of several flat pieces in a fan which move air
• astonish: To cause someone to feel great wonder or surprise
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• stunned: To greatly shock or surprise; totally amaze
• twist: To turn something in a circular direction
• legendary: Being a very famous sports player, actor etc.
• grave: Hole in the ground in which you place a dead body
• tragic: (Of a play, movie, or book) with a sad ending
• wound: To rotate a part of say a watch to make it work
• tragedy: Play that has a sad ending with many deaths
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• weapon: An advantage to help win a contest or conflict
• insanity: Mentally ill, unable to act normally
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• stumble: Failing to do something well, e.g. giving a speech
• flesh: Soft part of fruit, vegetable that can be eaten
• legacy: Literature, arts etc. from previous generations
• serpent: Very big snake
• torment: Great mental or physical pain
• sears: To use high heat to quickly burn the surface of
• grandeur: Impressive size, scale or beauty
• mercenary: (Of soldiers) hired to fight for another country
• flinch: To move back as in fear or pain; recoil; shrink
• stairway: Way of access consisting of a set of steps
• venom: Poison, e.g. one produced by plant or animal
• scout: To watch or search for something or someone
• curse: To use offensive language when angry; swear