EMS--Treasure Island Vocab
Terms
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copy deck
- truantry
- absence from duty without permission
- hawser
- a rope to anchor a ship
- duplicity
- deliberate deceptiveness, double-dealing
- infallible
- incapable of making a mistake or failing
- feint
- a move intended to mislead or fake out
- cant
- to tilt to one side, slant
- insubordination
- purposely disobeying authority
- suffer
- to permit, allow, let
- apparition
- a ghostly figure, specter
- miscreant
- an evildoer or villain
- confidant
- the one you tell your secrets to
- niggardly
- stingy, parsimonious
- gibbet
- gallows, hanging tree
- adversary
- enemy or opponent
- hazing
- punishment of sailors
- accouterment
- equipment issued or needed by different professions
- imprecations
- curses or swear words
- brand
- piece of burning wood
- contemptuous
- disrespectful, disobedient
- revenue officers
- tax collectors
- lanyard
- a rope for holding sails
- malingerer
- pretending illness to avoid work
- jollyboat
- a rowboat
- slough
- a stagnant swamp or marsh