fifth grade vocabulary

Question 1

wharf

Answer 1

a structure built on the shore of or projecting into a harbor, stream, etc., so that vessels may be moored alongside to load or unload or to lie at rest;

Question 2

prow

Answer 2

the front end of an airship.

Question 3

hawser

Answer 3

a heavy rope for mooring or towing.

Question 4

hull

Answer 4

the husk, shell, or outer covering of a seed or fruit.

Question 5

consent

Answer 5

permission, approval, or agreement; compliance; acquiescence:

Question 6

appeal

Answer 6

an application or proceeding for review by a higher tribunal.

Question 7

scowled

Answer 7

to have a gloomy or threatening look.

Question 8

impulse

Answer 8

the influence of a particular feeling,

Question 9

queer

Answer 9

strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular:

Question 10

presume

Answer 10

to undertake without leave or clear justification

Question 11

repulse

Answer 11

to drive or beat back

Question 12

abruptly

Answer 12

in a sudden and unexpected way

Question 13

teetered

Answer 13

to move unsteadily

Question 14

nimbly

Answer 14

quick and light in motion

Question 15

mooring

Answer 15

an act of making fast a boat or aircraft with lines or anchors

Question 16

dour

Answer 16

STERN or HARSH

Question 17

stowing

Answer 17

to put away for future use

Question 18

bleak

Answer 18

exposed and barren and often windswept

Question 19

molasses

Answer 19

the thick dark to light brown syrup that is separated from raw sugar in sugar manufacture

Question 20

pinnaces

Answer 20

a boat for communication between ship and shore

Question 21

sun bleached

Answer 21

to remove bright stains