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WorksheetsThree Skeleton Key Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What does the word reputation mean in the below sentence?
"Three Skeleton Key, the small rock on which the light stood, bore a bad reputation."
The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.
She has a good reputation because she is kind and talented.
A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment.
Two escaped convicts kidnapped them at gunpoint.
A type of light that does not produce heat (examples: glow-in-the-dark toys, stickers, or paint)
Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.
Sailing through treacherous waters
What does the word convict mean in the below sentence?
"It earned its name from the story of the three convicts who escaped from the Cayenne Penitentiary."
A type of light that does not produce heat (examples: glow-in-the-dark toys, stickers, or paint)
A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment.
Two escaped convicts kidnapped them at gunpoint.
Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.
Sailing through treacherous waters
The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.
She has a good reputation because she is kind and talented.
What does the word phosphorescent mean in the below sentence?
"The story was that the three skeletons, gleaming with phosphorescent light, danced over the small rock, screaming…"
A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment.
Two escaped convicts kidnapped them at gunpoint.
Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.
Sailing through treacherous waters
A type of light that does not produce heat (examples: glow-in-the-dark toys, stickers, or paint)
The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.
She has a good reputation because she is kind and talented.
What does the word treacherous mean in the sentence below?
"Still, on our island, one must be careful, for the rocks were treacherously smooth."
A type of light that does not produce heat (examples: glow-in-the-dark toys, stickers, or paint)
A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment.
Two escaped convicts kidnapped them at gunpoint.
The beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something.
She has a good reputation because she is kind and talented.
Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.
We sailed through treacherous waters.
What does the word provisions mean in the sentence below?
"We had enough provisions to last for months, in the event that the sea should become too rough for the supply ship to reach us on schedule."
The gallery of the lighthouse is near the top lantern, filled with glass windows, where you can view the surroundings.
A supply of food and other things that are needed.
We brought enough provisions to last the entire trip.
A long upright pole rises from the bottom of a sailboat or ship to support the sails and lines.
The old sailing ships had three or more tall, wooden masts.
Something that is carried from one place to another by boat, airplane, etc.
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
What does the word gallery mean in the sentence below?
"We rose immediately and, climbing the thirty or so steps that led to the gallery..."
The gallery of the lighthouse is near the top lantern, filled with glass windows, where you can view the surroundings
A supply of food and other things that are needed.
We brought enough provisions to last the entire trip.
Something that is carried from one place to another by boat, airplane, etc.
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
A long upright pole rises from the bottom of a sailboat or ship to support the sails and lines.
The old sailing ships had three or more tall, wooden masts.
What does the word cargo mean in the sentence below?
"She was a beautiful ship of some four thousand tons, a fast sailer that had carried cargoes to every part of the world..."
The gallery of the lighthouse is near the top lantern, filled with glass windows, where you can view the surroundings.
A supply of food and other things that are needed.
We brought enough provisions to last the entire trip.
A long upright pole rises from the bottom of a sailboat or ship to support the sails and lines.
The old sailing ships had three or more tall, wooden masts.
Something that is carried from one place to another by boat, airplane, etc.
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
What does the word mast mean in the sentence below?
The Cornelius de Witt was a three-master sailing ship.
No longer cared for or used by anyone.
a derelict house/ship/place
A long upright pole rises from the bottom of a sailboat or ship to support the sails and lines.
The old sailing ships had three or more tall, wooden masts.
The gallery of the lighthouse is near the top lantern, filled with glass windows, where you can view the surroundings.
A supply of food and other things that are needed.
We brought enough provisions to last the entire trip.
What does the word derelict mean in the sentence below?
“No, old man, that's not what I meant. If I say there's no one aboard, I mean she's derelict.”
A supply of food and other things that are needed.
We brought enough provisions to last the entire trip.
The gallery of the lighthouse is near the top lantern, filled with glass windows, where you can view the surroundings.
No longer cared for or used by anyone.
a derelict house/ship/place
Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.
Sailing through treacherous waters
What is a Flying Dutchman?
A legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever
A legendary ghost ship
A legendary Dutch mariner was condemned to sail the seas until Judgment Day
A spectral ship that according to legend haunts the seas near the Cape of Good Hope.
What does the word specimens mean in the sentence below?
My grandfather tracks specimens of certain birds to learn their patterns of flight.
No longer cared for or used by anyone.
a derelict house/ship/place
Something that is carried from one place to another by boat, airplane, etc.
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
Something (such as an animal or plant) is collected as an example of a particular kind of thing.
Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.
We sailed through treacherous waters.
What does the word maritime mean in the sentence below?
"There is as much difference between the rats of the land and these maritime rats..."
Living or located in or near the sea.
No longer cared for or used by anyone.
a derelict house/ship/place
Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.
We sailed through treacherous water.
A supply of food and other things that are needed.
We brought enough provisions to last the entire trip.
What does the word port mean in the sentence below?
"The ship could have grazed us, passed to port..."
No longer cared for or used by anyone.
a derelict house/ship/place
A long upright pole rises from the bottom of a sailboat or ship to support the sails and lines.
The old sailing ships had three or more tall, wooden masts.
The side of a ship that is on the left when you are looking toward the front.
The ship turned to port.
Very dangerous and difficult to deal with.
We sailed through treacherous waters.
What does the word starboard mean in the sentence below?
"He fell off the starboard side of the boat."
The side of a ship that is on the right when you are looking toward the front.
Living or located in or near the sea
Something that is carried from one place to another by boat, airplane, etc.
The ship was carrying a cargo of crude oil.
Something (such as an animal or plant) is collected as an example of a particular kind of thing
What does the word pestilential mean in the sentence below?
"Their odor filled the tower, poisoned our lungs, and rasped our nostrils with a pestilential, nauseating smell."
Living or located in or near the sea.
A person found guilty of a criminal offense and serving a sentence of imprisonment.
Two escaped convicts kidnapped them at gunpoint..
The level of respect with which a person is thought of by others. She has a good reputation because she is kind and talented.
Something death-like or causing disease.
For example the smell of a decomposing body.
