The document provides vocabulary words and definitions from chapters 3-5 of the book "The Wreckers". It includes 20 vocabulary words from chapter 3 with their definitions, 10 words from chapter 4, and 7 words from chapter 5, all related to the story. The words cover topics like ships, sailing, money, landscape features, and animals.

1. The Wreckers
Vocabulary
Chapters 3-5

2. Chapter 3
1. quavered
2. stealthily
3. mortar
4. maimed
5. massive
6. bog
7. baubles
8. squalid
9. dismasted
10. knacker

3. quavered
• To quiver, as from weakness; to tremble

4. stealthily
• Moving quietly, cautiously, sneakily

5. mortar
• A bonding material used in masonry, that
hardens and holds bricks/stones together

6. maimed
• to be disabled or disfigured, usually by
depriving the use of a limb or body part

7. massive
• Large, bulky, huge

8. bog
• A soft wetland area with waterlogged ground.

9. baubles
• Small showy ornaments or objects of little
value

10. squalid
• Dirty from poverty or lack of care

11. dismasted
• To bunk off or remove the mast of

12. knacker
• A person who buys worn-out or old livestock
and slaughters them to sell the meat and
hides

13. Chapter 4
1. stone
2. parson
3. providential
4. freshet
5. crevice
6. hedgerows
7. pilchard
8. figurehead
9. tuppence
10. nonchalance

14. stone
• A unit of weight equal to 14 lbs.

15. parson
• A member of the clergy/ministry

16. providential
• Fortunate, opportune, lucky

17. freshet
• A stream of fresh water that empties into salt
water

18. crevice
• A crack in a surface

19. hedgerows
• A row of bushes, shrubs, or trees

20. pilchard
• Any of various types of fishes related to
herring

21. figurehead
• A carved figurine on the bow of a ship

22. tuppence
• A variety of two pence (2 pennies)

23. nonchalance
• Casual lack of concern (“no worries”)

24. Chapter 5
1. breeches
2. cutlass
3. knoll
4. fortnight
5. shilling
6. farthing
7. limpets

25. breeches
• Knee length pants used for horse back riding

26. cutlass
• A curved sword used by sailors

27. knoll
• A small rounded hill

28. fortnight
• A two week period of time

29. shilling
• A British coin worth 12 cents

30. farthing
• A British coin worth ¼ of a penny

31. limpets
• Small barnacle-like mollusks found in tide
pools