Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
109 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
parasites
|
organisms that live and feed on other organisms
|
|
|
hogan
|
a Navajo house made of sticks and branches covered with earth
|
|
|
pollen
|
yellow powder in flowering plants
|
|
|
parasites
|
organisms that live and feed on other organisms
|
|
|
surgeons
|
doctors who specialize in surgery
|
|
|
infamous
|
having an extremely bad reputation
|
|
|
good
|
things made to be sold
|
|
|
loot
|
stolen goods
|
|
|
breadfruit
|
a round, starchy fruit from the South Sea Islands
|
|
|
loom
|
a device on which thread or yarn is woven into cloth
|
|
|
sea grass
|
a type of grass that grows in saltwater
|
|
|
gourds
|
the dried, hollowed out shells of a pumpkin-like vegetable
|
|
|
antibiotic
|
a substance that can stop the growth of germs
|
|
|
inheritance
|
money or property left to a person by someone who has died
|
|
|
homespun
|
cloth that has been spun, or made, at home
|
|
|
notorious
|
well-known for bad reasons
|
|
|
habitat
|
the place where something normally lives
|
|
|
barren
|
bare; unable to support crops
|
|
|
arroyos
|
deep ditches made by streams
|
|
|
warped
|
turned or twisted out of shape
|
|
|
chieftain
|
the leader of a tribe
|
|
|
interpreter
|
a person who translates from one language to another
|
|
|
noddies
|
sea birds that live in warm water areas
|
|
|
frigates
|
large sea birds
|
|
|
procedure
|
the steps followed to do something
|
|
|
reservatuib
|
kabd set aside by the U.S. government for use by a Native American tribe.
|
|
|
province
|
region outside of but belonging to a country
|
|
|
earl
|
a nobleman of high rank
|
|
|
gallows
|
structure used for hanging
|
|
|
mutton
|
a kind of meat that comes from sheep
|
|
|
pension
|
a sum of money
|
|
|
yucca
|
a plant with pointed leaves and white flowers that grows in the southwest
|
|
|
squall
|
a sudden, violent storm
|
|
|
ferocity
|
fierceness
|
|
|
crossbones
|
the figure of two bones places across each other to form an "x" under a skull
|
|
|
strategy
|
planning and directing military actions
|
|
|
shanties
|
shacks or cabins
|
|
|
gunwales
|
the upper edges of the sides of a boat
|
|
|
pension
|
a sum of money
|
|
|
maritime
|
having to do with the sea
|
|
|
ferocity
|
fierceness
|
|
|
loot
|
to steal
|
|
|
recyclers
|
those who reuse useful materials from waste
|
|
|
zithered
|
zig-zagged
|
|
|
foothold
|
a firm position
|
|
|
conscripted
|
drafted
|
|
|
mammals
|
animals whose female produces milk to feed its young
|
|
|
asthma
|
a disease that includes difficulty breathing and coughing
|
|
|
pardon
|
an official release from punishment for a crime
|
|
|
habitat
|
the place where something normally lives
|
|
|
bailers
|
fpeople who remove water from a bout using buckets or other containers
|
|
|
murchant
|
carrying good for sale
|
|
|
kelp
|
a coarse, brown seaweed
|
|
|
navigator
|
person who explores the seas by planning a course of travel
|
|
|
Mayan
|
belonging to the Maya, an Indian group from Mexico, and Central America
|
|
|
repelled
|
kept away
|
|
|
dehydrated
|
dry; without water
|
|
|
gnawing
|
as if being eaten away, bit by bit
|
|
|
monarch
|
a king or queen
|
|
|
nuisance
|
something that is an annoyance; a bother
|
|
|
native
|
originally born and living in a particular place
|
|
|
vibration
|
quivering; rapid back-and- forth
|
|
|
fascinating
|
very interesting
|
|
|
antennae
|
slender feelers on the head of an insect
|
|
|
corpses
|
dead bodies
|
|
|
aquatic
|
living in or on water
|
|
|
bristles
|
short, stiff hairs
|
|
|
contract
|
to make smaller by drawing together
|
|
|
severed
|
to have become cut off or detached
|
|
|
tuberculosis
|
a contagious deisease of the lungs
|
|
|
hutling
|
throwing with great force
|
|
|
suckers
|
parts of an animal that are used for holding som ething through suction
|
|
|
deserted
|
left; ran away
|
|
|
citadel
|
a fort gurading a city
|
|
|
enduring
|
lasting;surviving
|
|
|
disguised
|
dressed up to look like someone other than yourself
|
|
|
scurvy
|
a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C
|
|
|
prey
|
an animal hunted for food
|
|
|
suffocated
|
died from lack of oxygen
|
|
|
gills
|
organs for breathing
|
|
|
prey
|
an animal hunted or caught for food
|
|
|
Aztecs
|
Indians from mexico
|
|
|
stable
|
steady
|
|
|
egg cases
|
sacs that hold eggs to keep them safe
|
|
|
deserters
|
those who leave the armed forces without permission
|
|
|
nooks
|
hidden places
|
|
|
prey
|
victims
|
|
|
corrupt
|
dishonest
|
|
|
percentage
|
an amount that varies according to the total amount
|
|
|
ferocious
|
extremely fierce
|
|
|
plot
|
small area of ground
|
|
|
bounty
|
supply of stolen goods
|
|
|
financed
|
gave money to support
|
|
|
fishing tackle
|
any of the equipment used for fishing
|
|
|
swashbuckling
|
adventurous in a showy way
|
|
|
vital
|
necessary to life
|
|
|
reproduce
|
to make an off spring
|
|
|
anxiety
|
worry and fear
|
|
|
decayed
|
rotten
|
|
|
treachery
|
willful betrayal
|
|
|
navigator
|
a person who directs the course of a ship
|
|
|
clone
|
to make an exact copy of
|
|
|
pieces of eight
|
Spanish gold coins
|
|
|
brethren
|
brothers
|
|
|
environment
|
surroundings
|
|
|
vibration
|
quivering; rapid back-and-forth
|
|
|
cutlass
|
a short, heavy sword with a curved blade
|
|
|
food chain
|
a connection among plants and animals in which each living thing feeds upon the one below it and is eaten by the one above it
|
|
|
sextant
|
an instrument used by sailors to find longitude and latitude
|
