1. Raising Dragons Vocabulary

2. Chores Everyday jobs or responsibilities around a home, like washing dishes or feeding animals

3. Perch A place to sit or rest

4. appetite A strong desire for food; hunger

5. hitched Fastened an animal to a piece of farm equipment

6. plow To turn over dirt, often in long rows, so that seeds can be planted

7. sown Planted seeds

8. tended Took care of

9. harvested Picked and brought in a crop

10. shelling Removing the outside covering

11. atlas A book of maps

12. farewell Another word for good-bye

13. departing Leaving, going away

14. rainforest A thick forest in a hot region with high rainfall

15. scales A hard covering, made up of small, thin, plate like parts, used for protection on a fish or reptile

16. prey An animal hunted by another for food

17. saliva The watery fluid in the mouth that helps make chewing and swallowing food easier

18. infection A sickness that can be passed from one animal or person to another

19. glide To move slowly, quietly, and with ease

20. parachute A piece of tough material shaped like an umbrella that is used to safely slow the fall of a person or an object from the sky

21. crest A natural growth, cluster of feathers, or fold skin on an animal’s head

22. hind At the back or rear