5th grade language arts cards Brooke

Question 1

flattered

Answer 1

made to feel pleased by something good

Question 2

voyage

Answer 2

a course or period of traveling by other than land routes

Question 3

scarcely

Answer 3

by a narrow margin : only just

Question 4

rigging

Answer 4

lines and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail and supporting masts and spars

Question 5

sunbleached

Answer 5

to change the color of something in the sun

Question 6

coil

Answer 6

to wind into rings or spirals

Question 7

Slight

Answer 7

a humiliating discourtesy

Question 8

bleak

Answer 8

exposed and barren and often windswept

Question 9

fringe

Answer 9

an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band

Question 10

pinnaces

Answer 10

a light sailing ship

Question 11

molasses

Answer 11

the thick dark to light brown syrup that is separated from raw sugar in sugar manufacture

Question 12

stench

Answer 12

to emit a strong offensive odor

Question 13

deadlights

Answer 13

a metal cover or shutter fitted to a port to keep out light and water

Question 14

admiration

Answer 14

a feeling of respect and approval

Question 15

stout

Answer 15

a fat person

Question 16

capstan bars

Answer 16

a long lever for turning a capstan by hand.

Question 17

quarterdeck

Answer 17

the stern area of a ship’s upper deck

Question 18

tedious

Answer 18

tiresome because of length or dullness

Question 19

retching

Answer 19

to make an effort to vomit

Question 20

dismay

Answer 20

to cause to lose courage or resolution (as because of alarm or fear)

Question 21

forbidding

Answer 21

such as to make approach or passage difficult or impossible

Question 22

wharf

Answer 22

a structure built along or at an angle from the shore of navigable waters so that ships may lie alongside to receive and discharge cargo and passengers

Question 23

throng

Answer 23

a crowding together of many persons

Question 24

tainted

Answer 24

to contaminate morally

Question 25

hawser

Answer 25

a large rope for towing, mooring, or securing a ship

Question 26

hull

Answer 26

the frame or body of a ship or boat exclusive of masts, yards, sails, and rigging

Question 27

clambered

Answer 27

to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling)

Question 28

consent

Answer 28

to give assent or approval