Chapter+7+Vocabulary

Loom - A frame or machine for interlacing at right angles two or more sets of threads or yarns to form a cloth Skiff - Any of various small boats; a flat-bottomed rowboat Spur - Geographic Haughtily - Blatantly and disdainfully proud Gorged - To stuff to capacity Prophesy - To speak as if divinely inspired Glut - to fill especially with food to satiety Venerable - made sacred especially by religious or historical association Intoxicating - To excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental is markedly diminished.

The skiff could hold 15 people, so there were 3 skiffs. George gorged the tube with tissue and paper. Lisa was prophesying a bumper harvest. The market was glut with ice cream. A venerable salesmen. The men on the boat were drinking intoxicated drinks.