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Question | Answer |
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ketch | an ship with sails in the front and in the back |
auspiciously | in a way that suggest a positive outcome ; favorably |
brigantine | a two masted sailing ship with square rigging |
capstan | machine for moving or rasing or raising heavy weights by rotating a cable around a vertical drum |
cavernous | large, deep space; like a cave |
deadlights | metal covers or shutters fitted to a port to keep out light and water |
dour | showing a gloomy apperance |
forecastle | the front part of the upper deck of a ship where the crew sleeps |
furtively | secret, slickly, slyly |
hawser | a rope or cable used for morning; securing , or towing a ship |
heathen | a person who has no regional or belief in god |
imperceptibly | in such a slight way as to be almost unnoticeable |
indignant | 1.angered at something unjust or wrong 2. angry at something that is unfair or wrong |
intangible | not-material; not perceivable by touch; not concrete |
nonchalance | coolness, lack of concern or anxiety |
pinnaces | light(light) sailing ships |
punctilious | very precise and exact with details |
quarterdeck | the stern back area of a ship's upper deck. |
sodden | soaked with liquid, wet all the way through |
tantalize | 1.harass with persistent criticism or carping 2.to tease another by showing them something they want yet keeping it out of reach. |