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vocab 87-107

moby dick vocabulary

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wake track or trail left by water of a moving ship
philanthropist one who does good for others
vicissitudes ups and downs, difficulties
shoal place where water is shallow; sandbar
circumspect cautious, careful
dalliance flirting, toying, trifling
brevity briefness
cupidity greed, lust for money
defunct dead, no longer existant
dyspepsia bad or poor digestion
anathema a curse
savory agreeable taste and/or smell
slatternly dirty, slovenly, untidy
odious hateful
torpid dull. sluggish, apathetic
genial cheerful
luridly vividly shocking
consternation shock, horror
poltroon coward
peremptory final, absolute, decisive
petulance irritation
malice spite, violent ill-will
coalesce unite, mix, merge, become one
indigenous native to that region
blandishments compliments, flattery
recondite 1.abtruse 2.obscure, concealed
prodigy person or thing causing awe and astonishment
capricious done on impulse, at whim
metempsychosis transmigration of souls
wanton 1. sportive, playful 2. lewd, immoral 3. malicious, unprovoked
talisman a good luck charm
emetic medicine that causes vomiting
fallacious false reasoning
vehemently forcefully
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