Unit 1 "Captain Seagull" Vocabulary

1. to the furthest or most complete extent or degree (used for emphasis)

2. exactly and precisely

3. I had a job at the Fish Shack on weekends—it was ______ on the water.

• inexplicably

• right

to land; to come down; to come to rest

A lone seagull, inexplicably far from land, ________on the raft.

• pondered

• alighted

with sincere and intense conviction; wholehearted; genuine

We saw it at the same time: “Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and the Seagulls.” We read _______.

• earnestly

• inexplicably

an attempt to achieve a goal; a venture;

“You know, Granddad, we might be able to figure out who he was. We do have this thing called

the Internet.” I was kidding, but I was also turning over the ______ in my mind.

• endeavor

• retort

• sleuthing

suffered patiently

I always wanted to ask him why he was doing it. If

it was just for fun, he wouldn’t have come out and _______all kinds of weather.”

• resumed

• alighted

• endured

about to happen; near; approaching

They became lost over the ocean, and with their fuel almost gone and a crash _____________,

they jumped from their plane, taking with them life rafts and a few

emergency rations.

• imminent

• right

• reverently

in a way that cannot be explained; baffling; mysterious

That’s when their luck changed.

A lone seagull, __________ far from land, alighted on the raft.

• earnestly

• reverently

• inexplicably

think about carefully, before making a decision; consider;

I _______ his words only briefly and began my retort. “Big fish are farther out, I bet, and if I were

a big fish, I wouldn’t be hanging around the pier.”

• alighted

• pondered

• endured

begin to do after a pause; to take up again

The next morning, I ________ my sleuthing. “Granddad, is there anybody at the Fish Shack who

might know his name?

• alighted

• pondered

• resumed

an angry or wittily reply 

I pondered his words only briefly and began my _______. “Big fish are farther out, I bet, and if I were

a big fish, I wouldn’t be hanging around the pier.”

• retort

• wistfulness

• right