The Sea Devil

By: Arthur Gordon

Vocabulary:  Please write the definitions for the following words, then select three words to put into a sentence.

• lagoon – an area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.

Compare laguna.

• mullet – any of several marine or freshwater, usually gray fishes of the family Mugilidae, having a nearly cylindrical body.
• skiff – any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person.

pliant – bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable:

She manipulated the pliant clay.

• gunwale – the upper edge of the side or bulwark of a vessel
• mottled – spots or blotches of a different color or shade.
• pinioned – the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.
• barnacles – are sticky little crustaceans related to crabs, lobsters, and shrimps.
• channel – a navigable route between two bodies of water.
• sullen – gloomy or dismal, as weather or a sound

Sentence #1: The rock had lots of barnacles growing on it.

Sentence #2: The tree branch was very pliant when the wind was blowing.

Sentence #3: The boy’s face was mottled by measles.