Reading Vocabulary for Heading Home

A person whose job is to provide people with assistance; a guide.

• candlelight

• authentic

• attendant

• kabob

A building at a school or institution that contains bedrooms used for housing more than one person.

• croissant

• awnings

• trekked

• dormitory

A section of a town or city that borders a body of water.

• authentic

• waterfront

• suburbs

• subtle

Roasted meat or vegetables that have been skewered on a stick.

• kabob

• excursion

• dormitory

• suburbs

A short trip taken for fun, usually for a special occasion.

• suburbs

• attendant

• excursion

• waterfront

Difficult to see; stealthy.

• suburbs

• croissant

• authentic

• subtle

A piece of canvas or other material used as a small roof for a doorway or patio.

• awnings

• authentic

• dormitory

• trekked

True to reality, not phony or false; genuine.

• suburbs

• waterfront

• authentic

• kabob

A residential area just outside of a big city.

• suburbs

• authentic

• excursion

• subtle

A flaky pastry shaped like a crescent moon.

• croissant

• kabob

• subtle

• authentic