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Vocabulary words and definitions from The Wreckers chapters 3-5.
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The Wreckers
VocabularyChapters 3-5
Chapter 3
1. quavered2. stealthily3. mortar4. maimed5. massive6. bog7. baubles8. squalid9. dismasted
10. knacker
quavered
• To quiver, as from weakness; to tremble
stealthily
• Moving quietly, cautiously, sneakily
mortar
• A bonding material used in masonry, that hardens and holds bricks/stones together
maimed
• to be disabled or disfigured, usually by depriving the use of a limb or body part
massive
• Large, bulky, huge
bog
• A soft wetland area with waterlogged ground.
baubles
• Small showy ornaments or objects of little value
squalid
• Dirty from poverty or lack of care
dismasted
• To bunk off or remove the mast of
knacker
• A person who buys worn-out or old livestock and slaughters them to sell the meat and hides
Chapter 4
1. stone2. parson3. providential4. freshet5. crevice6. hedgerows7. pilchard8. figurehead9. tuppence
10. nonchalance
stone
• A unit of weight equal to 14 lbs.
parson
• A member of the clergy/ministry
providential
• Fortunate, opportune, lucky
freshet
• A stream of fresh water that empties into salt water
crevice
• A crack in a surface
hedgerows
• A row of bushes, shrubs, or trees
pilchard
• Any of various types of fishes related to herring
figurehead
• A carved figurine on the bow of a ship
tuppence
• A variety of two pence (2 pennies)
nonchalance
• Casual lack of concern (“no worries”)
Chapter 5
1. breeches2. cutlass3. knoll4. fortnight5. shilling6. farthing7. limpets
breeches
• Knee length pants used for horse back riding
cutlass
• A curved sword used by sailors
knoll
• A small rounded hill
fortnight
• A two week period of time
shilling
• A British coin worth 12 cents
farthing
• A British coin worth ¼ of a penny
limpets
• Small barnacle-like mollusks found in tide pools