Chapter 8 Vocab Words

Question 1

I don’t know how they felt about being shoved inside this aquatic prison, but as for me, I was shivering all over.

Answer 1

Aquaticadjective. Relating to water

Question 2

All was darkness, but such utter darkness that after several minutes, my eyes were still unable to catch a single one of those hazy gleams that drift through even the blackest nights.

Answer 2

Hazyadjective. Slightly obscure

Question 3

All was darkness, but such utter darkness that after several minutes, my eyes were still unable to catch a single one of those hazy gleams that drift through even the blackest nights.

Answer 3

Utterverb. To give public expression to; Express in words

Question 4

“These people are about as hospitable as the savages of New Caledonia! All that’s lacking is for them to be cannibals! I wouldn’t be surprised if they were, but believe you me, they won’t eat me without my kicking up a protest!”

Answer 4

Savagenoun. A wild and uncivilized human being

Question 5

“These people are about as hospitable as the savages of New Caledonia! All that’s lacking is for them to be cannibals! I wouldn’t be surprised if they were, but believe you me, they won’t eat me without my kicking up a protest!”

Answer 5

Protestverb. To object to, especially in a formal statement

Question 6

“These people are about as hospitable as the savages of New Caledonia! All that’s lacking is for them to be cannibals! I wouldn’t be surprised if they were, but believe you me, they won’t eat me without my kicking up a protest!”

Answer 6

Hospitableadjective. Disposed to treat guests with warmth and generosity

Question 7

“Don’t be so irritable, Ned,” I then told the harpooner, “and don’t ruin things for us with pointless violence. Who knows whether they might be listening to us? Instead, let’s try to find out where we are!”

Answer 7

Irritableadjective. Showing impatience or ill temper on little provocation

Question 8

Going around the opposite way, Conseil met up with me, and we returned to the middle of this cabin, which had to be twenty feet long by ten wide.

Answer 8

Oppositeadjective. Radically different or contrary in action or movement

Question 9

Our prison lit up all at once; in other words, it filled with luminescent matter so intense that at first I couldn’t stand the brightness of it.

Answer 9

Luminescencenoun. Showing increase

Question 10

From its glare and whiteness, I recognized the electric glow that had played around this underwater boat like some magnificent phosphorescent phenomenon.

Answer 10

Glarenoun. Strong unpleasant dazzling light

Question 11

From its glare and whiteness, I recognized the electric glow that had played around this underwater boat like some magnificent phosphorescent phenomenon.

Answer 11

Phenomenonnoun. Any unusual occurrence

Question 12

From its glare and whiteness, I recognized the electric glow that had played around this underwater boat like some magnificent phosphorescent phenomenon.

Answer 12

Magnificentadjective. Grand or noble in thought or deed; Exalted

Question 13

After involuntarily closing my eyes, I reopened them and saw that this luminous force came from a frosted half globe curving out of the cabin’s ceiling.

Answer 13

Luminousadjective. Brightly shining

Question 14

After involuntarily closing my eyes, I reopened them and saw that this luminous force came from a frosted half globe curving out of the cabin’s ceiling.

Answer 14

Involuntaryadjective. Unwilling

Question 15

The philosopher Diderot has very aptly claimed that a man’s bearing is the clue to his character, and this stocky little man was certainly a living proof of this claim.

Answer 15

Aptadjective. Unusually fitted or qualified; Ready

Question 16

You could sense that his everyday conversation must have been packed with such vivid figures of speech as personification, symbolism, and misplaced modifiers.

Answer 16

Misplaceverb. To mislay

Question 17

You could sense that his everyday conversation must have been packed with such vivid figures of speech as personification, symbolism, and misplaced modifiers.

Answer 17

Vividadjective. Strong and bright; Intense

Question 18

But I was never in a position to verify this because, around me, he used only an odd and utterly incomprehensible dialect.

Answer 18

Verifyverb. To prove to be true, exact, or accurate

Question 19

But I was never in a position to verify this because, around me, he used only an odd and utterly incomprehensible dialect.

Answer 19

Incomprehensibleadjective. Not understandable

Question 20

But I was never in a position to verify this because, around me, he used only an odd and utterly incomprehensible dialect.

Answer 20

Dialectnoun. A variation of a language

Question 21

A disciple of such character-judging anatomists as Gratiolet or Engel could have read this man’s features like an open book.

Answer 21

Disciplenoun. One who accepts and assists in spreading the doctrines of another

Question 22

What a look – as if he could magnify objects shrinking into the distance; as if he could probe your very soul; as if he could pierce those sheets of water so opaque to our eyes and scan the deepest seas .

Answer 22

Opaqueadjective. Dark, not transparent

Question 23

What a look – as if he could magnify objects shrinking into the distance; as if he could probe your very soul; as if he could pierce those sheets of water so opaque to our eyes and scan the deepest seas .

Answer 23

Probenoun. To make a searching exploratory investigation

Question 24

What a look – as if he could magnify objects shrinking into the distance; as if he could probe your very soul; as if he could pierce those sheets of water so opaque to our eyes and scan the deepest seas .

Answer 24

Shrinkverb. To recoil instinctively; Lessen in size

Question 25

Wearing caps made of sea-otter fur, and shod in sealskin fishing boots, these two strangers were dressed in clothing made from some unique fabric that flattered the figure and allowed great freedom of movement.

Answer 25

Uniqueadjective. Without an equal; Single in kind

Question 26

Wearing caps made of sea-otter fur, and shod in sealskin fishing boots, these two strangers were dressed in clothing made from some unique fabric that flattered the figure and allowed great freedom of movement.

Answer 26

Movementnoun. A distinct structural unit or division having its own key, rhythmic structure, and themes and forming part of an extended musical composition

Question 27

I tried again, telling the tale of our adventures, clearly articulating my every syllable, and not leaving out a single detail.

Answer 27

Syllablenoun. That which is uttered in a single vocal impulse

Question 28

But I only knew it, as I did the German language, well enough to read it fluently, not well enough to speak it correctly.

Answer 28

Fluentadjective. Ready or facile in speech; Effortlessly smooth and rapid; Polished

Question 29

Thoroughly baffled after vainly exhausting our philological resources, I no longer knew what tactic to pursue, when Conseil told me.

Answer 29

Resourcenoun. That which is restored to, relied upon, or made available for aid or support

Question 30

Thoroughly baffled after vainly exhausting our philological resources, I no longer knew what tactic to pursue, when Conseil told me.

Answer 30

Baffleverb. To check or break the force or flow of; To confuse or bewilder

Question 31

Thoroughly baffled after vainly exhausting our philological resources, I no longer knew what tactic to pursue, when Conseil told me.

Answer 31

Vainadjective. Without use, result; Conceited

Question 32

Finally, as a last resort, I hauled out everything I could remember from my early schooldays, and I tried to narrate our adventures in Latin.

Answer 32

Narrateverb. To tell a story

Question 33

This last attempt ultimately misfiring, the two strangers exchanged a few words in their incomprehensible language and withdrew, not even favoring us with one of those encouraging gestures that are used in every country in the world.

Answer 33

Ultimateadjective. Final; Not susceptible to further analysis; Fundamental

Question 34

This last attempt ultimately misfiring, the two strangers exchanged a few words in their incomprehensible language and withdrew, not even favoring us with one of those encouraging gestures that are used in every country in the world.

Answer 34

Gesturenoun. A movement usually of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea, sentiment, or attitude

Question 35

This last attempt ultimately misfiring, the two strangers exchanged a few words in their incomprehensible language and withdrew, not even favoring us with one of those encouraging gestures that are used in every country in the world.

Answer 35

Encourageverb. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind

Question 36

“I ask you! We speak French, English, German, and Latin to these rogues, and neither of them has the decency to even answer back!”

Answer 36

Decencynoun. Moral fitness

Question 37

“My friends,” I said, “we mustn’t despair. We’ve gotten out of tighter spots. So please do me the favor of waiting a bit before you form your views on the commander and crew of this boat.”

Answer 37

Despairverb. To lose all hope or confidence

Question 38

“My gallant Ned, as yet that country isn’t clearly marked on maps of the world, but I admit that the nationality of these two strangers is hard to make out!

Answer 38

Gallantadjective. Possessing a brave or chivalrous spirit

Question 39

“That’s the nuisance in not knowing every language,” Conseil replied, “or the drawback in not having one universal language!”

Answer 39

Universaladjective. Applicable or common to all purposes, conditions, or situations

Question 40

“That’s the nuisance in not knowing every language,” Conseil replied, “or the drawback in not having one universal language!”

Answer 40

Nuisancenoun. That which annoys, vexes, or irritates

Question 41

Among the foods we were served, I was able to identify various daintily dressed fish; but I couldn’t make up my mind about certain otherwise excellent dishes, and I couldn’t even tell whether their contents belonged to the vegetable or the animal kingdom.

Answer 41

Daintyadjective. Of delicate beauty; Exquisite; Pleasing to the taste and, often, temptingly served or delicate; Delicious; Of delicate discrimination or taste; Particular; Fastidious

Question 42

Each utensil, spoon, fork, knife, and plate, bore on its reverse a letter encircled by a Latin motto, and here is its exact duplicate.

Answer 42

Encircleverb. To move or go around completely

Question 43

Each utensil, spoon, fork, knife, and plate, bore on its reverse a letter encircled by a Latin motto, and here is its exact duplicate.

Answer 43

Boreverb. To make a hole by or as if by boring

Question 44

Each utensil, spoon, fork, knife, and plate, bore on its reverse a letter encircled by a Latin motto, and here is its exact duplicate.

Answer 44

Mottonoun. Short sentence or phrase chosen and used as a guide or rule of behaviour or as an expression of the aims or ideals of a family, a country, an institution

Question 45

It was a highly appropriate motto for this underwater machine, so long as the preposition in is translated as within and not upon.

Answer 45

Translateverb. To give the sense or equivalent of in another language or dialect

Question 46

But all earthly things come to an end, all things must pass, even the hunger of people who haven’t eaten for fifteen hours.

Answer 46

Earthlyadjective. Of this world; Not spiritual

Question 47

In these mysterious marine sanctuaries, I envisioned hosts of unknown animals, and this underwater boat seemed to be a blood relation of theirs: living, breathing, just as fearsome .

Answer 47

Sanctuarynoun. A place of refuge and protection

Question 48

In these mysterious marine sanctuaries, I envisioned hosts of unknown animals, and this underwater boat seemed to be a blood relation of theirs: living, breathing, just as fearsome .

Answer 48

Envisionverb. To picture to oneself

Question 49

In these mysterious marine sanctuaries, I envisioned hosts of unknown animals, and this underwater boat seemed to be a blood relation of theirs: living, breathing, just as fearsome .

Answer 49

Marineadjective. Of or pertaining to the sea or matters connected with the sea