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Ch. 9-12 Vocabulary Quiz

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15 Nsɛmmisa

Choose the best vocabulary word to complete each sentence.

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Use context clues to figure out the meaning of the underlined words.

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In your own words, describe what the underlined word in each sentence means. Use context clues to help you.

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Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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The captain cried out mockingly, "I see nothing but __________ and villians, the scum of the sea!"

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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The crew's first appearance was fierce enough, though almost grotesquely comical, the nine of them looking like so many beggars. Now they even looked even more ___________.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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The only light came from the open door, just enough for me to see that the low ceiling was ______________ with dirty garments.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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I had not seen his face so I'm not all certain he actually was there. His presence was only a ______________.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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He stood there as alone as if he'd been _______________ upon a Pacific isle.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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Without intending to, hadn't I done him a great wrong when I'd cut his face---___________ unintentionally--- with a whip?

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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Even at that moment all my thoughts were of finding some way to ______________ the captain and regain his favor.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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I forced myself to look up. It was Fisk, his ________________ more fierce than usual as he glared at me from under his shaggy brows.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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It was then that I saw Zachariah slip from the frozen ____________________ of men and move toward the fallen man.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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I was accosted by a heavy stench of sweat and filth as I approached the forecastle.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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I recalled my dim vision when waiting to board the Seahawk the night of my arrival: of a man hauling himslef up ropes to the ship. Of course! A stowaway!

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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Or do you have that much desire to bring back the practice of hanging in chains, of letting men rot so that crows might peck upon their dead, putrid eyes?

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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"Beyond all that you should know you are a very poor set of curs. It only took this girl," --he nodded up to me--"to unmask you."

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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Though the glitter of hatred in their eyes was palpable enough, no one dared give voice to it.

The captain had the crew that much cowed.

Asemmisa {{asɛmmisaAhyɛnsode}}
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The captain gazed at Morgan for a moment. Then he said, "Very well Mr. Morgan, then I do say it: this is an emergency. If these orders cause inconvenience, blame it on your darling Mr. Cranick. Or the impertinence of Mr. Zachariah. And if you still have so much pity on these fools, you can work the extra shift yourself."