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The Cay

The Cay. Chapter 10-12 Vocabulary. 1. Catchment ( pg #). Something for catching water. 2. trough. A long, narrow, open receptacle used to hold water. 3. funnel.

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The Cay

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  1. The Cay Chapter 10-12 Vocabulary

  2. 1. Catchment (pg #) • Something for catching water.

  3. 2. trough • A long, narrow, open receptacle used to hold water

  4. 3. funnel • a cone-shaped utensil with a tube at the apex for conducting liquid or other substance through a small opening, as into a bottle, jug, or the like.

  5. 4. squall • a sudden, violent gust of wind, often accompanied by rain, snow, or sleet.

  6. 5. submerged • to cover or overflow with water; immerse.

  7. 6. jumbi • Bad/Evil – spirit • Obediah, voodoo-a polytheistic religion practiced chiefly by West Indians, deriving principally from African cult worship

  8. 7. tethered • a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.

  9. 8. driftwood • wood floating on a body of water or cast ashore by it.

  10. 9. tide • the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.

  11. 10. malaria • An infectious disease characterized by cycles of chills, fever, and sweating, caused by the parasitic infection of red blood cells by a protozoan of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitted by the bite of an infected female anopheles mosquito. Also called jungle fever , paludism , swamp fever

  12. 11. plunging • to cast oneself, or fall as if cast, into water, a hole, etc.

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