the wreckers vocabulary chapters 12-15
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The Wreckers
VocabularyChapters 12-15
Chapter 12
1. voluminous2. marksman3. sparse4. gybed5. regal6. keening7. cat-o-nine-tails8. rue
voluminous
• Having great volume, lots of room, large
marksman
• A person skillful at hitting a target, usually with a gun or a bow and arrow
sparse
• Thinly scattered, scanty
gybed
• To have turned to one side, as in a ship
regal
• Relating to kings or royalty, stately
keening
• Sharp, severe, and piercing wailing
Cat-o-nine-tails
• A whip made out of nine knotted cords, fastened to one handle
rue
• Regret, sorrow
Chapter 13
1. blithely2. score3. uprights4. rooks5. bloodcurdling6. rude7. rickety8. amass9. ajar
10. foreboding11. blinkers
blithely
• Without thought or regard, carefree
score
• A group or set of twenty
uprights
• Poles or supports which hold a roof in position
rooks
• European crows
bloodcurdling
• Arousing terror, horrifying
rude
• Crude, poorly made, of poor design
rickety
• Likely to fall apart or collapse, shaky
amass
• To gather for oneself
ajar
• Partly open
foreboding
• A strong inner feeling of future misfortune or evil
blinkers
• Leather flaps on a horse’s bridle, which prevent it from seeing sideways
Chapter 14
1. packet2. mineshaft3. muslin4. clotted5. poultice6. file7. taunting
8. exchanging broadsides
9. tinderbox
packet
• A small vessel that carries mail, passengers, and goods on a regular route along rivers and canals
mineshaft
• A vertical passageway for finding or mining ore
muslin
• A cotton fabric used for sheets and other purposes
clotted
• To thicken into clumps
poultice
• A soft moist mass of cloth, bread, and herbs applied hot as a medicine to the body
file
• A metal tool with ridges and points used for smoothing surfaces
taunting
• Insulting, jeering, mocking
Exchanging broadsides
• Firing all of the guns on one side of a warship, at another ship
tinderbox
• A container used for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint, steel, and matches
Chapter 15
1. chisel2. stout3. pouch4. thong5. rutted6. gibbet7. skiff8. bilge
chisel
• A tool used to cut wood or stone
stout
• strong
pouch
• A bag or sack used to carry articles
thong
• A strip or strap of leather, used to carry something
rutted
• A surface with deep trenches, usually caused by wheels
gibbet
• A gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals are hung in chains after execution
skiff
• A small row boat
bilge
• The rounded area at the bottom of a boat