Unit 11 Flashcards
Heavy material used to make a ship steady or control the rising and falling of a vessel like a balloon.
Ballast
Able to float.
Cheerful and carefree.
Buoyant
To climb awkwardly.
Clamber
To separate from.
Not connected
Lacking concern; not taking sides.
Detach
Detached
Causing uneasiness; strange or mysterious.
Eerie
A length of 6 feet, used in measuring the depth of water.
To figure out; to understand.
Fathom
To arouse or excite.
A feeling of resentment caused by being ignored, insulted, etc
Pique
To poke or prod.
To examine closely.
A long, slender instrument used to examine a wound or part of the body.
A thorough investigation.
Probe
To be aware of.
To bring into being; to make happen.
Realize
To split or break.
A breaking or tearing apart by force.
The breaking of a friendly relationship.
Rupture
An object with all points on it’s surface equally distant from it’s center; a ball or globe.
An area of power, influence, or activity.
Of or relating to the shape of a sphere.
Sphere
Spherical
To go underwater.
To put underwater or cover with water.
Submerge
Seeming to go on for a long time; boring.
Boredom
Tedious
Tedium
Final
The greatest possible; maximum.
Something that is greatest; the maximum.
Ultimate
Completely unharmed.
Unscathed
