A Night to Remember Excerpt Vocabulary

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

""Thank you," acknowledged the voice with curiously detached courtesy. Nothing more was said."

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• a type of rough fabric of woven cotton with a printed pattern

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a large indefinite number; multitude

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

"As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called "Whiskers 'round the Light"—tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights."

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• a type of rough fabric of woven cotton with a printed pattern

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a large indefinite number; multitude

What is the meaning of the underlined word:

"They were dining-saloon stewards, indulging in the time-honored pastime of all stewards off duty—they were gossiping about their passengers."

• a person who serves or takes care of passengers on a train, plane, or ship

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a large indefinite number; multitude

What is the meaning of the underlined word:

"Mrs. Walter B. Stephenson recalled the first ominous jolt when she was in the San Francisco earthquake—then decided this wasn't that bad."

• a person who serves or takes care of passengers on a train, plane, or ship

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a large indefinite number; multitude

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

"Mrs. E. D. Appleton felt hardly any shock at all, but she noticed an unpleasant ripping sound ... like someone tearing a long, long strip of calico."

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• a type of rough fabric of woven cotton with a printed pattern

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a large indefinite number; multitude

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

"He was one of six lookouts carried by the Titanic, and the lookouts didn't worry about passenger problems."

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• a type of rough fabric of woven cotton with a printed pattern

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a person stationed to keep watch or view the landscape

What is the meaning of the underlined word:

"Just the night, the stars, the biting cold, the wind that whistled through the rigging as the Titanic raced across the calm, black sea at 22 1/2 knots."

• an interlacement of parts forming a lump or knob

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• a unit of measurement; usually serving to measure a ship's speed

• a large indefinite number; multitude

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

"A windjammer, sails set, seemed to be passing along the starboard side."

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• a type of rough fabric of woven cotton with a printed pattern

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a sailing ship

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

"The next instant it was gone, drifting astern into the dark."

• behind a ship; at or toward the stern of a ship

• a type of rough fabric of woven cotton with a printed pattern

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a large indefinite number; multitude

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

"He recognized the kind of shudder a ship gives when she drops a propeller blade, and he knew this sort of mishap meant a trip back to the Harland & Wolff Shipyard at Belfast—with plenty of free time to enjoy the hospitality of the port."

• threatening; suggesting that something bad will happen

• given to generous and cordial reception of guests; kind

• unemotional; unconcerned

• a person stationed to keep watch or view the landscape