Chapter 1-5 vocab

Question 1

Punctilious

Answer 1

precise or attentive to detail

Question 2

Sardonically

Answer 2

Mocking, cynical sneering

Question 3

Presumptuous

Answer 3

Impertinently bold; forward

Question 4

Privy

Answer 4

outhouse; toilet

Question 5

reticule

Answer 5

a small purse or bag

Question 5

conspired

Answer 5

to plot (to do something wrong, evil, or illegal)

Question 6

agog

Answer 6

full of excitement

Question 7

chastened

Answer 7

punished or disciplined

Question 8

quays

Answer 8

landing places specially made of solid masonry; warf

Question 9

Hardtack

Answer 9

hard, saltless biscuit or wafer, formerly used abroad ships and for army ration

Question 10

Unrelenting

Answer 10

not easing up; unbening

Question 11

Craggy

Answer 11

steep and rugged

Question 12

Decorum

Answer 12

dignified in behavior, speech, or dress, observance to acceptance standards of conduct

Question 13

sallow

Answer 13

or a sickly, yellowish color

Question 14

quell

Answer 14

to put an end to; to extinguish

Question 15

Countenance

Answer 15

appearance; behavior (how you are right now)

Question 16

Oakum

Answer 16

fiber made from untwisted and picked apart old ropes, used for waterproofing the seams of ships

Question 17

Porter

Answer 17

a person hired to carry baggage, as at a railroad station or hotel

Question 18

Moored

Answer 18

to secure, as a ship or boat with anchors; parked