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The Titanic
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10th Grade
05/05/2011

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Infamous
Definition
having an extremely bad reputation
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Manifest
Definition
a list of the cargo carried by a ship, made for the use of various agents and officials at the
ports of destinations
Term
Perished
Definition
to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.
Term
Tragedy
Definition
a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair
Term
Entrepreneur
Definition
a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a busness, usually with
considerable initiative and risk.
Term
Elite
Definition
the choice or best of anything considered collectively, as of a group or class of persons.
Term
Seeped
Definition
to pass, flow, or ooze gradually through a porous substance
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Hull
Definition
the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the
remainder of the ship.
Term
Gashes
Definition
to make a long deep cut in; slash
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Wreckage
Definition
remains or fragments of something that has been wrecked
Term
Sonar
Definition
a method of detecting and locating objects submerged in water by echolocation
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Carpathia
Definition
The ship that received the Titanic's distress call
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Debris
Definition
the remains of anything broken down or destroyed; ruins; rubble
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Disintegrate
Definition
to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; breakup; deteriorate
Term
Rivet
Definition
a metal pin for passing through holes in two or more plates or pieces to hold them together,
usually made with a head at one end, the other end being hammered into a head after insertion.
Term
Stern
Definition
the back or rear of a ship
Term
Keel
Definition
central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stern to the
sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it.
Term
Bow
Definition
the forward end of a vessel
Term
Smelting
Definition
to fuse or melt (ore) in order to separate the metal contained.
Term
aftermath
Definition
something that results or follows from an event, expecially one of a disastrous or unfortunate nature
Term
Subpoenas
Definition
the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or
documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
Term
Investigation
Definition
a searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination
Term
investigation
Definition
a searching inquiry for ascertaining facts; detailed or careful examination
Term
Tonnage
Definition
The capacity of a merchant vessel
Term
Materialism
Definition
preoccupation with or emphasis on material objects, comforts, and considerations
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