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Page 1: The Wreckers Vocabulary Chapters 12-15

The Wreckers

VocabularyChapters 12-15

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Chapter 12

1. voluminous2. marksman3. sparse4. gybed5. regal6. keening7. cat-o-nine-tails8. rue

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voluminous

• Having great volume, lots of room, large

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marksman

• A person skillful at hitting a target, usually with a gun or a bow and arrow

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sparse

• Thinly scattered, scanty

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gybed

• To have turned to one side, as in a ship

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regal

• Relating to kings or royalty, stately

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keening

• Sharp, severe, and piercing wailing

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Cat-o-nine-tails

• A whip made out of nine knotted cords, fastened to one handle

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rue

• Regret, sorrow

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Chapter 13

1. blithely2. score3. uprights4. rooks5. bloodcurdling6. rude7. rickety8. amass9. ajar

10. foreboding11. blinkers

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blithely

• Without thought or regard, carefree

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score

• A group or set of twenty

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uprights

• Poles or supports which hold a roof in position

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rooks

• European crows

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bloodcurdling

• Arousing terror, horrifying

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rude

• Crude, poorly made, of poor design

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rickety

• Likely to fall apart or collapse, shaky

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amass

• To gather for oneself

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ajar

• Partly open

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foreboding

• A strong inner feeling of future misfortune or evil

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blinkers

• Leather flaps on a horse’s bridle, which prevent it from seeing sideways

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Chapter 14

1. packet2. mineshaft3. muslin4. clotted5. poultice6. file7. taunting

8. exchanging broadsides

9. tinderbox

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packet

• A small vessel that carries mail, passengers, and goods on a regular route along rivers and canals

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mineshaft

• A vertical passageway for finding or mining ore

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muslin

• A cotton fabric used for sheets and other purposes

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clotted

• To thicken into clumps

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poultice

• A soft moist mass of cloth, bread, and herbs applied hot as a medicine to the body

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file

• A metal tool with ridges and points used for smoothing surfaces

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taunting

• Insulting, jeering, mocking

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Exchanging broadsides

• Firing all of the guns on one side of a warship, at another ship

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tinderbox

• A container used for holding tinder, usually fitted with a flint, steel, and matches

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Chapter 15

1. chisel2. stout3. pouch4. thong5. rutted6. gibbet7. skiff8. bilge

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chisel

• A tool used to cut wood or stone

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stout

• strong

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pouch

• A bag or sack used to carry articles

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thong

• A strip or strap of leather, used to carry something

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rutted

• A surface with deep trenches, usually caused by wheels

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gibbet

• A gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals are hung in chains after execution

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skiff

• A small row boat

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bilge

• The rounded area at the bottom of a boat