Vocabulary Unit 6: Words from Treasure Island

Fill in the blank: ______: verb: to squeeze or twist

• wring

• twist

• squeeze

• press

Fill in the blank: ______: verb: to listen to someone; to follow directions

• obey

• ignore

• speak

• shout

Fill in the blank: ______: noun: a room inside a ship

• cabin

• deck

• engine room

• galley

Fill in the blank: ______: noun: where the land or water meets the sky

• horizon

• ocean

• mountain

• valley

Fill in the blank: ______: noun: a long pole on a ship that holds the sails

• mast

• anchor

• rudder

• hull

Fill in the blank: ______: noun: people who eat each other

• cannibals

• herbivores

• omnivores

• vegetarians

Fill in the blank: ______: noun: the name of the pirate flag with a skull and two crossbones

• Jolly Roger

• Blackbeard's Banner

• Pirate's Pride

• Skull and Bones

Fill in the blank: ______: verb: to give up; to admit the other side has won

• concede

• surrender

• yield

• capitulate

Fill in the blank: ______: noun: a pause in fighting

• truce

• battle

• conflict

• war

Fill in the blank: ______: noun: a moving flow of water

• river

• stream

• current

• pond