TCCD All Vocab (word + sentence)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 By the time I was done, I was weeping _____. | copiously |
| "Charlotte," he with utmost ____, "I did not kill Mr. Hollybrass." | solemnity |
| "Jaggery did not say that Zachariah killed Hollybrass so as to ______ you, Charlotte." | condemn |
| I am a ____ to him. You are too. | threat |
| If Jaggery had no muskets, the men could be ____ again. | rallied |
| Yet, ________, I remained standing there, wasting precious time. | inexplicably |
| But you, Miss Doyle, you _____ with that order. | interfered |
| It is ____ that when we make landfall I be firmly established as master. | crucial |
| It took but a moment for me to realize that our entire _____ had been overthrown and turned against us. | conspiracy |
| I have been ____ of accounts of deceased heroes ever since. | skeptical |
| "The thing we'll do," he replied, "is remind the owners that we managed to bring the Seahawk into port with their cargo _____. | intact |
| Mama gently removed my bonnet. When she saw my _____ hair, she gasped. | mangled |
| You may return to your room and you will wait there until you are ______ again. | summoned |
| From my father, not a word, not a question to ______ me. | console |
| "You are making progress, Charlotte," he said. "I wish to ______ you." | commend |
| There was a _____ dash out of the forecastle and to the deck. | frantic |
| The wind and rain--as well as the tossing of the ship--kept ____ me. | impeding |
| I don't know if the storm had somewhat ____ or I'd just grown used to it. | abated |
| I turned to look at the crew--only recently my ____--who stood looking on. | comrades |
| For a brief moment, I caught a distant vision of myself as I had been before the Seahawk, before this _______ voyage. | tumultuous |
| And when I do, I'll ____ him for what he is. | expose |
| So you ____ his being given the punishment he deserved. | resented |
| He had been hiding in the hold, which explained Barlow's _____ words about the place, as well as the grinning carving. | dire |
| The instant I saw him, he looked up and pinioned me with a look of blatant _____. | scrutiny |
| Though the glitter of hatred in their eyes was _______ enough, no one dared give voice to it. | palpable |
| But it was his eyes that made me shudder. They expressed nothing so much as _____ hatred. | implacable |
| It was I...who had fired his terrible ____ by reporting to him Ewing's pistol,, the round robin, and the stowaway. | wrath |
| "You're a girl," Dillingham spat out ____. | contemptuously |
| Having fully committed myself, I was overwhelmed by my _______. | audacity |
| And yet I had to climb. It was my ____. | restitution |
| I had reached the top. Once there, I _____ to rest again. | endeavored |
| "More cargo," he explained _______. | laconically |
| Unable to ______ the mystery, I ended up scolding myself, convinced I was making something out of nothing. | fathom |
| "...I resolved to save one dress for my ______ in Providence." | disembarkation |
| "They in turn found me a _____ but eager recipient for their answers." | naive |
| "So _______ was he in his praise, that I gained double pleasure." | unstinting |
| ...I sat up with some energy only to strike my head upon the low ceiling. __________, I got myself to the cabin door. | chastened |
| He studied the line of sailors, smiled _________, and said, "But where, then, is Mr. Cranick?" | sardonically |
| "Ah," he said with ________ refinement, "Miss Doyle, our young lady passenger." | unimpeachable |
| All he needed to say was that Cranick refused a lawful order and he received not one word of ___________. | censure |
| To confess...would have made me feel acutely uncomfortable. But not to speak of it would smack of ________. | complicity |
| "I am a ________ man, Miss Doyle. Without order there is chaos." | punctilious |
| He spoke the name Jaggery as if it were something positively _______. | loathsome |
| He __________ in my direction as if I were the subject of a heated discussion. | gesticulated |
| A _______ of rot permeated the air. | stench |
| A stench of rot _________ the air. | permeated |
| Standing there was a shockingly _______ old sailor. | decrepit |
| I followed with _________, stopping at the threshold to look about. | trepidation |
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