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Ulysses Vocab SG
(SG = Study Guide)
Term | Definition |
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Counsel | advice, especially that given formally |
Mutiny | revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers |
Gullet | the passage by which food passes from the mouth to the stomach; the esophagus |
Shroud | a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped in burial |
Disembark | leave a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle |
Moor | a tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with health, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; health |
Gale | a very strong wind |
Scything | an agricultural implement consisting of along, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand |
Sage | an aromatic plant with grayish-green leaves that are used as a culinary herb, native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. |
Plume | a long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament |
Buoyant | able or apt to stay afloat or rise to the top of a liquid or gas |
Courteous | polite, respectful, or considerate in manner |
Vengeance | punishment inflicted or retribution exacted for an injury or wrong |
Lichen | a simple slow-growing plant that typically forms a low crusty, leaflike, or branching growth on rocks, walls, and trees. |
Insatiable | of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy |
Fringe | an ornamental border of threads left loose or formed into tassels or twists, used to edge clothing or material |
Sorceress | a female sorcerer; a witch |
Ogre | a monster in fairy tales and popular legend, usually represented as a hideous giant who feeds on human flesh |
Marrow | a soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones, in which blood cells are produced (often taken as typifying strength and vitality) |
Haughtily | arrogantly superior and disdainful. |