Moby-Dick Vol. 2

Pretense n

A false claim

Magniloquent adj.

Pompous speech

August adj.

Majestic dignity or grandeur

Envoy n

a representative or messenger

Jove n

Jupiter

Albatross n

A seabird or constant burden

Laureate n

someone honored for great achievements

Cascade n

A waterfall

Circumambient adj

surrounding, encompassing

Kith n

Family, friends, or neighbors

Palpable adj

able to be touched or felt

Auxiliary adj

giving assistance or support

Bailiff n

minor officer of the courts

Pallor n

Extreme paleness

Dissent v

To differ in opinion

Spectral adj

Ghostly

Lacquer n

a hard glossy coating

Gaudy adj

Outlandishly flashy

Apoplexy n

A stroke

Aught pron.

Anything, all

Windrow n

A row of often cut vegetation

Portentous adj

Relating to portents or pompous

Efface v

to erase

Inveteracy n

the state of being persistent

somnambulism n

Abnormal sleeping activity

Affidavit n

a sworn written statement

Miasma n

a toxic atmosphere

facetious adj

Joking, especially in a way that is inappropriate

Peremptory adj

leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal

Impregnable adj

Unconquerable

Ascendancy n

Domination

Requisite adj

required, necessary

Imputation n

an accusation

Usurp v

to take over; to seize power

Bulwark n

A rampart

Celerity n

rapidity of motion or action

Dexterous adj

Adroit

Exordium n

The beginning or introduction

soliloquize v

to talk to oneself

Tantalize v

to tease

Cataract

A large waterfall over a precipice

Paramount n

most important, supreme

Congeal v

to solidify

Ostensible adj

stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so

Foible n

a minor weakness in character

Gam n

An exchange at sea between whalers

Tiller n

A cultivator

Ballast n

A heavy material for balancing

Frigate n

A small warship

Languid adj

Weak

Denizen n

Inhabitant, resident

Indolent adj

lazy, idle

undulate v

to move in or form waves

Respite n

a period of relief or rest

Eddy n

A whirlpool