Billy Budd - Herman Melville Flashcards
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Aldebaran
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- Red giant star in Taurus constellation
- One of the 15 brightest stars
- Diameter 44x the Sun
2
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Prosaic
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- Commonplace; unromantic
- Lacking poetic beauty
unimaginative, uninspired, dry, conventional, routine
3
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Vainglorious
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Excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements
4
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Homage
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Special honor or respect shown publicly
commendation, tribute, eulogy
5
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Envince
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Reveal the presence of a quality/feeling
display, manifest, proclaim, disclose, divulge
6
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Dandified
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Showing excessive concern about ones clothes/appearance (usually for men)
7
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Tempestuous
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- Characterized by strong and conflicting emotion
- Very stormy
turbulent, uncontrolled, frenetic, squally
8
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Vaporing
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Speaking in a boasting/pompous way
9
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Tiller
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Mechanism used to steer a boat
10
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Bucephalus
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- Horse of Alexander the Great
- Died June 326 BC at Battle of the Hydaspes - modern day Pakistan
11
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Comeliness
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- Quality of being attractive/pleasing in appearance
- Being properly behaved
grace, loveliness
12
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Cynosure
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Person or thing that is the center of attention/main attraction
13
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Demur
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Raise doubts or objections
protest, dissent, reluctance
