Across the Wide Dark Sea

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Key Vocabulary for Test

1.             anchor: a heavy metal hook attached to a ship that is dropped overboard to hold the ship in place

2.             cramped: crowded; not enough room to move about

3.             journey: a trip

4.             seeping: slowly leaking; oozing

5.             settlement: a small community in a new place

6.             survive: to stay alive; to hold up or withstand

7.             weary: tired; needing rest

 

Extra Practice

8.             rigging: al the ropes, chains, and pulleys used to control the masts and sails of a ship

9.             furl: to roll up and fasten

10.        shuddered: trembled or shivered suddenly

11.        overboard: over the side of the boat

12.        desperate: driven by a great need

13.        jack: a mechanical tool used to raise or move heavy objects, such as a car

14.        faith: trust or belief, even without proof

15.        lurked: stayed hidden

16.        shelter: something that protects or covers

17.        swamps: areas of spongy, muddy land that are often filled with water