Moby dick vocab 1

celerity

rapidity, swiftness, quickness of motion

deferential

expressing respect by yielding in opinion to the judgement of others

eschew

to avoid, to stay away from

indefatigable

tireless, unceasing

inscrutable

incapable of being understood, completely mysterious

pugnacious

warlike, having a tendency toward fighting

gregarious

fond of the company of others, sociable

interregnum

a gap, a hiatus between two periods of time

sanguinary

pertaining to blood (as in a sanguinary battlefield); 2nd meaning=cheerful

veracity

habitual truthfulness, honesty

inveterate

firmly established by long continuance (ie. disease, habit, etc)

sardonic

bitter or scornful derision, mocking, cynical