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