Dirk the Protector Vocabulary

Conventional

• usual, traditional

• different

Forerunners

• to run forward

• person or thing that came before

Predatory

• stealing from or hurting others for one’s own gain

• smelling something terrible

Alcove

• type of flower

• a small hollow space in a wall

Impasse

• being victorious

• a situation in which no progress can be made; a deadlock

Decoy

• to send out something like a drone or a weapon

• a person or thing used to distract others or lead them in a different direction

Puny

• weak and small

• tall, large

Brindled

• Light brownish yellow or grayish with streaks or spots of darker colors (example: on dogs)

• put a saddle on a horse

Hustled

• to gain by energetic effort

• to rush around

Cohort

• type of cloud

• a companion or associate