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
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