Ch. 9-12 Vocabulary Quiz

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Ch. 9-12 Vocabulary Quiz

Last updated almost 2 years ago

15 questions

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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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.

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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."

Choose the best vocabulary word to complete each sentence. 

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

tableaus

stowaways

ruffians

albeit

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 ___________.

appeased

destitute

accosted

festooned

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

festooned

cowed

marooned

ominous

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

tableau

albeit

surmise

cur

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

destitute

cowed

contemptible

marooned

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

albeit

ominously

surmise

cur

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

accost

appease

maroon

impertinence

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

tableau

impertinence

putrid

countenance

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

stowaway

countenance

tableau

cur

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

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

rotting or decaying

decorated or adorned with

someone or something hiding on a ship

someone or something that boldly or aggressively approaches another

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!

a person who is tought, violent, or a bully

someone or something hiding on a ship

a group of people standing motionless

a mean, cowardly person

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?

a person who is tough, violent, or a bully

rotting or decaying

suppose that somehting is true without having evidence

not having the basic needs for life

"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."

evil or harm to come; threatening

despicable; deserving contempt

to satisfy or please

a mean, good-for-nothing person

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

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.

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."

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

tableaus

stowaways

ruffians

albeit

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 ___________. 

appeased

destitute

accosted

festooned

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

festooned

cowed

marooned

ominous

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

tableau

albeit

surmise

cur

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

destitute

cowed

contemptible

marooned

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

albeit

ominously

surmise

cur

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

accost

appease

maroon

impertinence

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

tableau

impertinence

putrid

countenance

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

stowaway

countenance

tableau

cur

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

rotting or decaying

decorated or adorned with

someone or something hiding on a ship

someone or something that boldly or aggressively approaches another

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! 

a person who is tought, violent, or a bully

someone or something hiding on a ship

a group of people standing motionless

a mean, cowardly person

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? 

a person who is tough, violent, or a bully

rotting or decaying

suppose that somehting is true without having evidence

not having the basic needs for life

"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."

evil or harm to come; threatening

despicable; deserving contempt

to satisfy or please

a mean, good-for-nothing person

Ch. 9-12 Vocabulary Quiz

Ch. 9-12 Vocabulary Quiz

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.

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

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 ___________.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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?

"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."

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.

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.

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.