138 | May• 2019
WORD POWER
crate and called up to the ship’s mate
to start the windlass.10.kirtle– A: dress or petticoat.
The princess wore a mantle over
her kirtle for her stroll through the
garden.11.skate– C: large diamond-shaped
fish. When Gudmunda hauled in the
net, a grey skate spilled across the
deck boards.12.haggle– C: bargain persistently.
Rona haggled with the woman
running the garage sale over
the price of an antique gumball
machine.13.blunder– A: clumsy mistake. Ira
asked his boss how her husband was
doing before realising his blunder:
she had recently announced her
divorce.14.girth– C: measurement around
the middle. “My main struggle is not
with age,” said Dougal as he clumsily
sat down. “It’s with the extra girth
that comes with it.”15.mazer– B: wooden drinking
bowl. Olaf lifted the mazer to his lips
and spilled sweet mead as he drank.1.berserk– B: frenzied with rage
or excitement. Egil went berserk
and attacked his opponents with
frightening ferocity.
2.cleg– A: horsefly. Claire watched
the cleg bouncing against the
window frame, trying to get in.
3.knout– B: whip used for
punishment. The thief was sentenced
to a lashing with a knout.
4.scathe– B: criticise severely.
Giang’s report on staff morale
scathed the management.
5.irk– B: annoy. Étienne irked
Bhavana when he questioned her
eating habits.
6.geyser– C: spring that shoots hot
water and steam. Old Faithful
is one of the world’s most famous
geysers, but all of them are named
after Geysir in Iceland.
7.dastard– A: sneaking coward.
In Solomon’s opinion, Tilly’s
tendency to gossip behind people’s
backs made her a bit of a dastard.
8.dregs– B: sediments at the
bottom of a liquid. After the
gathering, Hafiz went around
collecting coffee mugs and emptying
the dregs into the sink.
9.windlass– C: winch. The
longshoreman secured a chain to the
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