Open Boat Vocab

Question 1

Scornfully

Answer 1

An emotion involving both anger and disgust

Question 2

Surmounting

Answer 2

To prevail over, to overcome

Question 3

Tumultuous

Answer 3

Marked by tumult; marked by disturbance and uproar

Question 4

Scrutiny

Answer 4

A careful looking over

Question 5

Wistfully

Answer 5

Feeling or showing a timid desire

Question 6

Ominous

Answer 6

Foretelling evil

Question 7

Wallowing

Answer 7

To rollabout sluggishly in or as if in deep mud

Question 8

Subtle

Answer 8

Cunning, or crafty

Question 9

Motley

Answer 9

Made up of diverse often incongruous elements

Question 10

Cynical

Answer 10

Someone who attributes all actions to selfish motives

Question 11

Apropos

Answer 11

Fitting; at the right time

Question 12

Direful

Answer 12

Dreadful; awful

Question 13

Apprehension

Answer 13

Anticipation of adversity or misfortune

Question 14

Scathe

Answer 14

To attack with severe criticism

Question 15

Waifs

Answer 15

Something found without an owner

Question 16

Billows

Answer 16

To rise and roll in waves

Question 17

Desolate

Answer 17

To lay waste; devastate

Question 18

Obstreperous

Answer 18

Uncontrollably noisy

Question 19

Sinister

Answer 19

Threatening evil, harm, or trouble

Question 20

Subdued

Answer 20

To bring under control

Question 21

Ration

Answer 21

To use or allot sparingly