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Vocab 10
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Leviathan | something that is very large and powerful |
| Wake | broadly; a track or path left; the state of being awake |
| Disdain | to strongly dislike or disapprove of someone or something; scorn |
| Breach | to fail to do what is required; to break or violate; to make a hole or opening |
| Cannibal | one that eats the flesh of its own kind |
| Solemn | very serious or formal in manner, behavior or expression |
| Tawny | a brownish-orange to light brown color |
| Tenacity | the quality or state of being persistent |
| Autodidact | a self-taught person |
| Gourmandise | appreciation of or interest in good food and drink |
| Dormant | not active but able to become active |
| Vivacious | happy and lively in a way that is attractive |
| Blasphemous | impiously irreverent; profane |
| Trifling | lacking in significance |
| Voluptuously | of a woman; very attractive because of having large breasts and hips; giving pleasure to senses |
| Delirium | frenzied excitement; an acute mental disturbance characterized by confused thinking and disrupted attention usually accompanied by disordered speech and hallucinations |
| Unfathomable | impossible to comprehend; immeasurable |
| Void | containing nothing; of no legal force or effect; null |
| Feign | induce as a false impression; to pretend to feel or be affected by something |
| Tarpaulin | a piece of material used for protecting exposed objects or areas |