Titanic Vocab
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Root words/Prefixes and Suffixes
Context Clues
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Promenade
What is a public area of the ship where people walk, First class's was covered.
100
Briny
What is a way to describe a salt water solution such as the sea or ocean.
100
An unpredictable event that causes chaos, loss or destruction
What is a disaster
100
This words prefix means to go "across" the Atlantic ocean.
What is Transatlantic
100
It is when I say that he was very well off having a "lucrative" career in the field of medicine.
What is producing a great deal of profit
200
Astern
What is the rear part of the ship
200
To set about discovering and examining the facts of an incident, allegation or question so as to establish the truth.
What is investigate
200
Peril
What is serious or extreme danger
200
This words prefix means that it is "not" something that anyone would envy.
What is uneviable
200
The Titanic was a "culmination" of efforts after years of designing and thousands of workers and hours of labor, and she was spectacular.
What is the highest or climactic point of something especially after a long time.
300
Berth
What is the occupancy or number of beds in a room.
300
Destitute
What is being without the basic needs in life
300
Not securely held or in position, dangerously likely to fall or colapse
What is precarious
300
This words suffix means "not", its root words means "noticeable or prominent", and its suffix means "in this way"
What is unobtrusively
300
Titanic with her expensive finishes and the attention to precise detail was the most "sublime" ship any passenger had ever known.
What is great excellence, beauty or awe inspiring.
400
A division of people based on social or economic status.
What is a social class
400
Summary
What is a brief statement or account of the main points of something.
400
Stupefying
What it means to make someone unable to think or feel properly. Astonishment or shock.
400
This words root means "to understand" and its prefix mean "not", its suffix meaning "capable of"
What is Unfathomable
400
On page 80 of the book we can see a picture of the iceberg that "purportedly" sunk the Titanic.
What is to appear or claim to have
500
Another name for the 3rd class accommodations on the ship Titanic
What is steerage.
500
a point of view or apparent spatial distribution
What is perspective
500
To fill with water and sink; or to fail or breakdown as a result of a problem or setback
What is foundering
500
This word has a prefix meaning "of the air" which is good because that is exactly what it uses when moving machine parts- air.
What is pneumatic
500
The captain of the the Titanic acted with "complacency" when it came to the iceberg warnings, he just kept right on going full steam ahead.
What is a feeling of smug or uncritical satisfaction with oneself, not believing they can be wrong.
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