"The Cay" Vocab list

Vocab words from The Cay

Refinery

An industrial plant for purifying a crude substance, such as sugar or oil

Cay

A small, low island composed largely of coral or sand. Typically, no naturally occurring freshwater

U-boat

WWII era German Boat

Schooner

A sailing ship with two or more maps

Desolate

Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness

Debris

Scattered pieces of waste or remains

Fret

To be visibly worried or anxious

Deft

Neatly skillful and quick in one’s movement

Catchment

Structure or Area for collecting water, especially rainwater

Smolder

To burn slowly with smoke but no flame

Tether

To tie something with a rope or chain ro restrict movement; to attach

Scour

To search throughly

Mutiny

A open rebellion against leadership, especially by sailors or soilders against their officers.

Treacherous

Guilty of or invovling betrayal or deception; OR presenting hidden or unpredictable dangers

Obeah

A system of religious belief and magic practiced in the Caribbean (similar to voodoo)

Fathom

A unit of length measuring 6 feet

Fathom

To understand a difficult problem after much thought

Tempest

A violent, windy storm