On the nights when the sea was rocked with angry winds, the beleaguered sailors quietly accepted their wounded ship’s doom. What is "beleaguered"?

The people were charmed and entranced to hear the merpeople’s unearthly music. What is "entranced"?

Unfortunately, a whale was caught and a shard of steel and a broken piece of glass still hung on in its tail. What is "shard"?

The stealthy acts of fishermen throwing dynamites in the seas are no longer hidden as they have resulted into the massive destruction of marine life.

What is "stealthy"?

They sang of relentless drought and shrinking lakes, of choking rivers, deep sea quakes and other harsh marine

disasters. What is "relentless"?

Innocent dolphins were caught by surprise and drowned with a gurgle of ships trawling the seas using large

pointed net. What is "trawling"?

They decided to send an emissary to ascertain the truth behind their friends’ distress. What is an "emissary"?

In panic and extremely confused condition, the fish crowded against the net and the smallest of them were

crushed in the turmoil. What is "turmoil"?

Upon seeing the holes and openings of the coral reefs filled with different kinds of fish, whole armies of little children descended upon the shallow reefs frightening the fish out of the crevices and into enormous nets from which none could escape. What are crevices?