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Blizzard of Glass
Vocab quiz one
Term | Definition |
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maelstrom | a tumultuous state of affairs |
stevedore | a firm or individual engaged in unloading or loading of a ship |
munitions | materials used in war such as weapons and ammunition |
smudgy | marked with smudges, smeary, smeared |
waft | to carry lightly or smoothly over air or water |
stoke | to tend a fire or furnace |
scaffold | a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during erection, repair, or decorating of a building |
wharf | a structure build on the shore and projecting into a harbor to allow boats to unloads and unload or rest |
seamstress | a woman whose occupation is sewing |
moor(ed) | to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a place by cables and anchors |
sufficient | adequate for the purpose; enough |
hawser | a heavy rope for mooring or towing |
tsunami | a (large and oftentimes destructive) tidal wave |
supersonic | of, being, or relating to speeds from one to five times the speed of sound |