The Wreckers

VocabularyChapters 16-18

Chapter 16

1. handspike2. calamity3. blanch4. dislodge5. bloat6. borne7. vintner8. second-rate

handspike

• A bar used as a lever

calamity

• Great misfortune or disaster

blanch

• To turn white or pale

dislodge

• To remove, or force out of a particular place

bloat

• To puff up or swell, as with air or water

borne

• Carried by something like wind, water, or a person

vintner

• A person who makes/sells wine

second-rate

• Of lesser quality, inferior

Chapter 17

1. magistrate2. indistinct3. Sinister4. aglow

magistrate

• A civil officer or lay judge who administers the law

indistinct

• Not distinct; not clear or sharply defined

sinister

• Suggesting or threatening evil; wicked or criminal

aglow

• In a glow; glowing

Chapter 18

1. engulfing2. tacking3. apprentice4. scrubbers5. capstan

engulfing

• Sweep over something so as to surround or cover it completely

tacking

• To bring a vessel into the wind in order to change course or direction

apprentice

• A person who is learning a trade from a skilled worker

scrubbers

• A brush or other object used to clean something

capstan

• a machine with a drum that rotates round a vertical spindle and is turned by a motor or lever, used for hauling in heavy ropes