Moby-Dick Vol. 1

Vie v.

to compete

Loth adj.

Reluctant

Wont adj

To be used to something or inclined to something

Scion n.

descendant; heir

Palfrey n.

a saddle horse

Trothplight n.

betrothal

Niggard n.

a stingy or ungenerous person

Cudgel n.

a short, heavy club

Ruffian n.

A bully

Victual n.

Supplies of food

Retentive adj.

having the power to retain or remember

Dike n.

A ditch

Cavalcade n.

The procession of vehicles

Grist n.

Grain for grinding or a required or usual amount

Weskit n.

A vest

Apace adv.

swiftly, quickly

Congruous adj.

in agreement or harmony

Byword n.

A proverb

Wistful adj.

Yearning with melancholy

Mantle n.

A cloak

Fey adj.

To be doomed or to be able to see into the future

Whet v.

To sharpen something or to stimulate

Paean n.

A joyous song or hymn of praise

Voyeur n.

A peeping Tom

Partition n.

A division

Verity n.

something that is true

Acumen n.

keen insight; shrewdness

Inflect v.

change the pitch of; change the form of

Eschew v.

to avoid, shun, keep away from

Dolt n.

a stupid person

Abreast adv.

side by side

Draught n.

Draft

Jocular adj.

joking, playful

Audacious adj.

adventurous or rash

Intrepid adj.

fearless, adventurous

Plight n.

A difficult or dangerous situation

Precarious adj.

Dangerous and uncertain circumstances

Hoary adj.

Something that is ancient or jaded

Incontinently adj.

immediately

Paunch n.

The belly

Distended adj.

Enlarged or expanded from pressure, bloated

Loom v.

to come into view in an often distorted or exaggerated form

Spleen n.

Organ near the stomach that produces, stores, and eliminates blood cells

Dichotomy n.

Two opposite parts of one whole

Decoct v.

to extract the flavor of by boiling

Digress v.

to go off topic

Delineate v.

To describe or portray accurately

Aggregate adj.

gather; accumulate

Nonplus n.

The state of perplexmxent

Genteel adj.

polite and respectable in manner

Benediction n.

a good blessing in a religious service

Uncouth adj.

Lacking good manners

Crony n.

a close friend or companion

Salaam n.

An act of bowing very low and placing the right palm on the forehead

Vitiate v.

to make faulty or defective

Spiel v.

To play music or to talk extravagantly

Stave n.

Narrow strips of wood or iron plates to form outside of a vessel

Investiture n.

Something that covers or adorns or the act of ratifying

Lance n.

A steel-tipped spear

Gregarious adj.

Socialable

Indomitable adj.

Unconquerable

Deprecatory adj.

apologetic or appeasing

Czar n.

An emperor

Tantamount adj.

equivalent in value or significance

Larceny n.

theft of personal property

Fain adj.

gladly, willingly

Hearse n.

A vehicle for carrying a coffin

Sedentary adj.

Continued sitting or remaining in one place

Mast n.

The top or foremost

Evince v.

To reveal

Shoal adj.

Shallow

Spar n.

A stout pole

Fowl n.

A bird

Cadence n.

rhythm

Vortex n.

A whirlpool

Pantheism n.

the belief that God is in everything

Binnacle n.

a housing for ship's compass and a lamp

Aft adv.

near the stern or tail, usually of a boat

Nigh adv.

Nearly, almost

Imprecation n.

A curse

Torrid adj.

Scorching or passionate

Admonition n.

Gentle scolding

Ague n.

fever and chills

Turbid adj.

cloudy, muddy; in a state of turmoil

Lurid adj.

causing shock or horror

Avast imp v.

A command to cease

Alas intj.

Used to express unhappiness, pity, or concern

Meridian n.

a line of longitude

Malignity n.

great hatred

Precipitancy n.

undue hastiness or suddenness

Consternation n.

dismay, confusion

Bruit n.

A noise, report or rumor

Aforthought adj.

Premeditated, deliberate

Monomania n.

obsession with one thing

Lacerate v.

to tear or cut roughly, or to cause distress

Superlative adj.

Excellent; above all others, or excessive or exaggerated

Fiendish adj.

extremely cruel

Ire n.

openly displayed anger

Ad hoc adj.

Improvised

Aforementioned adj.

mentioned previously