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Robinson Crusoe C.10
Robinson Crusoe Chapter 10 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| awake | not asleep; come out of sleep |
| forget | not remember; let go out of the mind; fail to remember; fail to think of; fail to do |
| forgot | not remembered; failed to remember; failed to think of; failed to do |
| lose | not able to find; not have any longer; have taken away by accident, parting, death, etc. |
| promise | words said to say you will or won't do something; to give one's word; to make a promise; words said or written to make sure someone will do or not do something |
| twenty | a number, two tens; the number after 19 and before 21 |
| drunk | to have drank too much rum or other alcoholic drink |
| fought | to have been in a fight |
| Governor | one who is in charge of other people, and may be in charge of a town, a city, a state |
| keepsake | something that is kept for a reason, usually to remember someone or something |
| nephew | the son of one's brother or sister |
| worst | the least good; as bad as a thing can be |
| December | the 12th and last month of the year |
| hang | put to death by hanging with a rope around the neck |
| law | a rule that must be followed by people living in a state or nation |
| leader | one who leads; the one who tells or shows the others what to do |
| married | when two people live together as husband and wife |
| order | a telling of what to do |
| sailor | a person whose work is handling a boat |
| shooting | hitting or killing someone with a bullet from a gun |
| welcome | to receive gladly or kindly |
| whole | all the parts of anything; complete |
| women | girls that are grown-up; they are not children |
| yardarm | either end of a long pole used to hold up a square sail on a boat |