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Phillip's Family
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100
This word means to shock, overwhelm, daze, astonish, confound, or bewilder.
What is stun?
100
This is the state that Phillip's family was from.
What is Virginia?
100
This word means to roll or pitch suddenly or erratically; stagger; rock; sway; hobble; heave.
What is lurch?
100
This is what Timothy asked Phillip to do that he did not want to do.
What is work on the mats?
100
This word means to scheme; plot; plan; work against.
What is connive?
200
This word means to harass or urge persistently, pester, nag, or hassle.
What is badger?
200
Phillip's father was hired by Royal Dutch Shell because he was an expert in this.
What is refineries and gasoline production?
200
This is the scattered remains of something broken or destroyed.
What is debris?
200
This is a word that Phillip used to first describe Timothy.
What is ugly?
200
This word means to toss or plunge about in swimming.
What is thrash?
300
This word means to make a dull, continued, low, monotonous sound; hum; buzz; whine; murmur; roar.
What is drone?
300
The island where Phillip and his familiy lived (Curacao) is located just off the coast of this country.
What is Venezuela?
300
This word means to get again; recover; get back; recuperate; take back.
What is regain?
300
This is how Timothy died.
What is from the hurricane?
300
This word means to plan, record, and control the course and position of a ship or aircraft.
What is navigate?
400
This is an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance, such as petroleum or sugar.
What is a refinery?
400
This is the reason that Phillip's mother insisted on taking Phillip back to Norfolk.
What is because she thought they weren't safe?
400
This word means to scheme; plot; plan; work against.
What is connive?
400
This is what scared Phillip the most when he was on the island.
What is being left alone?
400
This word means to gloat; boast; brag; show off.
What is crow?
500
This is a fore-and-aft rigged sailign vessel having at least two masts, with a foremast that is usually smaller than the other masts.
What is a shooner?
500
This is the reason the freighter that Phillip and his mother were aboard sank.
What is it was hit by a German Torpedo?
500
This word means with great care or caution; warily; delicately; tentatively.
What is gingerly?
500
This is what Timothy saw when Phillip fell off the raft.
What is sharks?
500
This word means marked by unforseen hazards; dangerous or deceptive perilous; hazardous; risky.
What is treacherous?
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