Treasure Island Vocab

Abominable

Awful

Fancies

Products of the imagination

Reeled

To lose one’s balance and stagger or lurch violently

Cease

Bring or come to an end

Hamlet

A small village

Deserted

Abandoned or left behind

Magistrate

A public official for justice a judge

Cutlass

A curved sword

Fugitive

One who runs away

Buccaneer

A seaman a pirate

The black spot

A summons used by pirates to demand their captains step down

Apoplexy

A stroke

Miscreant

A person with no morals

Trump

A person who is admired by others

Perceive

Become aware or conscious of; realize or understand

Cache

A hidden item

Dexterity

Skill in preforming tasks especially with the hands

Bustle

A flurry of activity

Quartermaster

The captains second in command on a ship

Maroons

Those stranded or left behind with no resources

Duplicity

The act of being two faced

Stockade

A fort made of posts set firmly for defense

Stagnant

Having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell s a result

Extricate

Release from being entangled

Mutineers

Men who plan a mutiny to overthrow a ships authority

Adversity

Competitor; enemy

Supplication

The act of asking or begging for something

The Union Jack

The flag of Great Britain usually displayed on the mast of a ship

Coracle

A small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker frame

Mercy

Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish them