Ch 3 Groups 18-20 Flashcards
Brine
Salty water
Bow
Forward part of a ship
Doldrums
Calm windless part of ocean
Flotsam
Wreckage of ship or its cargo
Jetsam
goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in distress
Jettison
To throw goods overboard
Leeward
Direction away from the wind
Marine
Of the sea or shipping
Mariner
Sailor; seaman
Starboard
Pertaining to the right hand side of a ship when you are on deck and facing the bow
Carrion
Decaying flesh of a carcass
Contaminate
Make impure by mixture; defile
Expurgate
Remove objectionable material from a book
Immaculate
Spotless; absolutely clean
Offal
Waste parts of a butchered animal
Purge
Cleanse or purify
Slatternly
Untidy
Sloven
Person habitually untidy
Sordid
Filthy
Squalid
Filthy from neglect
Squalor
Filth; degradation
Sully
Tarnish; besmirch
Adjacent
Lying near or next to
Approximate
Nearly correct
Contiguous
Touching; adjoining
Environs
Districts surrounding a place
Juxtaposition
Close or side by side
Propinquity
Kinship
Dross
Waste; refuse
Juxtapose
Side by side