5th grade vocabulary

Question 1

Bleak

Answer 1

bare, desolate, and often windswept

Question 2

Dead Light

Answer 2

a strong shutter able to be screwed against the interior of a porthole in heavy weather

Question 3

Molasses

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Pinnaces

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Sun Bleached

Answer 5

to make whiter or lighter in color, as by exposure to sunlight or a chemical agent; remove the color from it

Question 6

Stout

Answer 6

bulky in figure; heavily built; corpulent; thickset; fat:

Question 7

Disembark

Answer 7

to go ashore from a ship

Question 8

Quarterdeck

Answer 8

the part of a weather deck that runs aft from the midship area or the mainmast to the stern or poop of a vessel

Question 9

Fringe

Answer 9

a decorative border of thread, cord, or the like, usually hanging loosely from a raveled edge or separate strip

Question 10

Dismay

Answer 10

to break down the courage of completely, as by sudden danger or trouble; dishearten thoroughly; daunt

Question 11

Forbidding

Answer 11

grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister:

Question 12

Coil

Answer 12

to wind into continuous, regularly spaced rings one above the other:

Question 13

Voyage

Answer 13

a course of travel or passage, especially a long journey by water to a distant place

Question 14

Scarcely

Answer 14

barely; hardly; not quite:

Question 15

Admiration

Answer 15

a feeling of wonder, pleasure, or approval

Question 16

Capstar Bars

Answer 16

a long lever for turning a capstan by hand.

Question 17

Tedious

Answer 17

marked by monotony or tedium; long and tiresome:

Question 18

Retching

Answer 18

to make efforts to vomit

Question 19

Flattered

Answer 19

to try to please by complimentary remarks or attention

Question 20

Rigging

Answer 20

the ropes, chains, etc., employed to support and work the masts, yards, sails, etc., on a ship

Question 21

Slight

Answer 21

of little importance, influence, etc.; trivial:

Question 22

Stench

Answer 22

an offensive smell or odor; stink.

Question 23

Anticipation

Answer 23

realization in advance; foretaste.

Question 24

Impulse

Answer 24

sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action:

Question 25

Scowled

Answer 25

to draw down or contract the brows in a sullen, displeased, or angry manner.

Question 26

Wharf

Answer 26

a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest; quay; pier.

Question 27

Throng

Answer 27

a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.

Question 28

Hawser

Answer 28

a heavy rope for mooring or towing.

Question 29

Prow

Answer 29

the forepart of a ship or boat; bow.

Question 30

Hull

Answer 30

the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.

Question 31

Clambered

Answer 31

to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.

Question 32

Consent

Answer 32

to permit, approve, or agree; comply or yield (often followed by to or an infinitive):

Question 33

Abruptly

Answer 33

sudden or unexpected:

Question 34

Sensation

Answer 34

the operation or function of the senses; perception or awareness of stimuli through the senses.

Question 35

Angular

Answer 35

consisting of, situated at, or forming an angle.

Question 36

Teetered

Answer 36

to move unsteadily.

Question 37

Mooring

Answer 37

the act of a person or thing that moors.

Question 38

Anguish

Answer 38

excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain:

Question 39

Instinctive

Answer 39

prompted by or resulting from or as if from instinct; natural; unlearned:

Question 40

Heather

Answer 40

of a yarn or fabric color) subtly flecked or mottled: