5th grade vocabulary

Question 1

bleak

Answer 1

exposed and barren and often windswept

Question 2

sound

Answer 2

the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing

Question 3

brigantine

Answer 3

a 2-masted sailing ship that is square-rigged except for a fore-and-aft mainsail

Question 4

dead lights

Answer 4

no light

Question 5

sunbleached

Answer 5

bright

Question 6

stout

Answer 6

physically or materially strong

Question 7

disembark

Answer 7

to remove to shore from a ship

Question 8

pinnace

Answer 8

a light sailing ship, especially one formerly used in attendance on a larger ship.

Question 9

molasses

Answer 9

a thick syrup produced during the refining of sugar or from sorghum, varying from light to dark brown in color.

Question 10

quarter dead

Answer 10

almost dead

Question 11

tedious

Answer 11

marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome

Question 12

dismay

Answer 12

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

Question 13

stench

Answer 13

a characteristic repugnant quality

Question 14

flattered

Answer 14

to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention.

Question 15

voyage

Answer 15

a course or period of traveling by other than land routes