Blood on the River Vocab Ch 5 -12

billow

• soft object to rest your head

• dark and think

• large mass of a gas, typically a cloud, steam, or smoke

• underneath something

translucent

• shiny

• glass

• covered by sand

• allows lights to seen though it

abuzz

• atmosphere around a bee hive

• atmosphere of excitement and noise

• loud

• made of electricity

murky

• made of mud

• dishonest

• lurky's partner in crime

• obscured by darkness

tarnished

• ruined

• disgraced

• darkened

• all of these

tallow

• dark and discolored

• grease

• fat from animals used to make glue

• fat from animals used to make soap and candles

lulling

• to cause to sleep or rest

• to sing to

• to enrage

• to be unconsious

coarse

• a class in school

• absolutely

• a track where cars race

• rough or grainy

converse

• a shoe brand

• to communicate

• in the opposite order

• a roadway

makeshift

• to move awkwardly

• a car part

• temporary, or crudely made

• kind and light-hearten