Chapter 11 Vocab.

submerging- to cover or overflow with water

• sentence: Charybdis submerged Zeus' land.

insatiable- incapable of being satisfied

• sentence: Amphitrite was not insatiable with Poseidon in love with Scylla.

contending- to strive in something

• sentence: She was contending that she got the question right.

shuddering- to tremble uncontrollably

• sentence: My sister was shuddering, because she fell in a cold lake.

dumbfounded- confusion of something usually in astonishment

• sentence: Our class was dumbfounded when we found out that we had a pop quiz.

starboard- the right side of the ship

• sentence: The starboard was scratched by a huge rock.

helmsmen- the person at the helm

• sentence: The helmsmen fell into the water while we were fighting with our enemy.