Moby Dick Vocab

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caprice
a sudden desire
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interrengnum
the time between two reigns or governments
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efface
make inconspicuous
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rapacious
living by preying on other animals
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voracity
hunger
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bilious
irritable as if suffering from indigestion
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ignoble
dishonorable in character or purpose
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aver
declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
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expatiate
add details, as to an account or idea
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pugilist
someone who fights with his fists for sport
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flagon
a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout
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one of the common people
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tantamount
being essentially equal to something
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cloister
seclude from the world
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elucidate
make clear and comprehensible
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nomenclature
a system of words used to name things in a discipline
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cogent
powerfully persuasive
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exhume
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
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petulance
an irritable feeling
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filial
relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring
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disinter
dig up for reburial or for medical investigation
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posterity
all future generations
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verdant
characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
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annals
reports of the work of a society or learned body
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attenuated
reduced in strength