The Mysterious Island Vocabulary

What does unabated mean?

• unvanquished vigor

• intermittent power

• undiminished force or vigor

• surrendering force

Clamber is...

• descend with difficulty

• climb with effort and difficulty

• decline with effort

• This is a wrong answer go down using both limbs

A synonym of resolute is...

• doubtful

• fearful

• cowardly

• determined

Another word for cast off is...

• abandon

• eject

• reject

• restraint

What is a promontory

• valley

• headland

• precipice

• plateau

What is the best definition of spit?

• to eject saliva from the mouth

• the act of spitting

• to express hatred, contempt

• a narrow point of land projecting into the water

Ebb is...

• advance

• the inflow of the tide as the water goes to the shore

• the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea

• development

What in the world is cove?

• a manager, especially of a sheep station

• a small indentation or recess in the shoreline of a sea

• a small niche

• a person; fellow

What is craggy?

• an area of land having many very large hills

• an area of land having lots of trees

• an area of land having huge mountains

• an area of land having no mountains

When you think of charred you say it's ...

• to do housework, odd jobs, or chores

• to put out a bonfire

• to clean or repair

• to burn or reduce to charcoal