Vocabulary Level Blue

a watchful guard

• misleading

• cautious

• fragile

• continuous

include five states

• consist of

• despite of

• abandon of

• scuffle of

warm shelter

• blunder

• myth

• monarch

• haven

a high barrier

• obstacle

• villian

• dispute

• myth

lively story

• fragile

• solitary

• numerous

• vivid

stray behind

• justify

• straggle

• reject

• postpone

a set of small models

• obstacles

• assaults

• miniatures

• villians

dislike spiders

• convert

• blunder

• despise

• cancel

King Edward IV, the ruling _(9)_ of England, died in 1483 and his very young son became the next king. Edward's brother Richard, though, envied the job and would not _(10)_ his dream of becoming king himself. So, he did a _(11)_ thing. Richard pretended to protect the new king, but actually put the boy in prison. The _(12)_ worked. The boy soon disappeared and Richard became king. Richard suffered, though, for his bard behavior. He ruled only a short time and died in battle in 1485.

• haven

• scuffle

• strategy

• monarch

King Edward IV, the ruling _(9)_ of England, died in 1483 and his very young son became the next king. Edward's brother Richard, though, envied the job and would not _(10)_ his dream of becoming king himself. So, he did a _(11)_ thing. Richard pretended to protect the new king, but actually put the boy in prison. The _(12)_ worked. The boy soon disappeared and Richard became king. Richard suffered, though, for his bard behavior. He ruled only a short time and died in battle in 1485.

• postpone

• despise

• blunder

• despise