The Voyage of the Mayflower

Open Court Reading

Unit 6 Lesson 2 Vocabulary

cap-siz-ing

• A sailing ship must lower its sails and drift with the wind to avoid capsizing or breaking apart.

• To keep a canoe from capsizing, do not stand up in it.

capsizing- overturning in the water

din

• Suddenly, above the din of the storm of the storm, they heard the noise of splitting timber.

• The din of a blaring siren woke me from a sound sleep.

Din- a loud and unpleasant noise that lasts for a while

pro-vi-sions

• The sixty-seven sailors on the Mayflower made provisions for their journey.

• I carried my food, sleeping bag, and other provisions in my backpack.

provisions- supplies of food or necessary tools

mus-kets

• He then fired a couple of muskets and a fowling piece near an open half-full barrel of gunpowder.

• The pilgrims used muskets to shoot animals for food.

muskets-old-fashioned guns used before modern rifles were invented

pre-vail-ing

• With the prevailing winds and currents, it made the return trip in only thirty-one days.

• The latest poll shows the prevailing opinion is that children watch too much television.

Prevailing-most frequent; occurring most often