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Moby Dick Vocab 3 Flashcards

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Essay

A

to put to the test, to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform

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Boatswain

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a petty officer on a merchant ship having charge of hull maintenance and related work

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Gale

A

A strong current of air; an emotional outburst

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Remonstrate

A

to present and urge in opposition

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Magnanimous

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showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit

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Magnanimous

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showing or suggesting a lofty and courageous spirit

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Vitiate

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to make faulty or defective; to debase in moral or aesthetic status

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Ignominy

A

Deep personal humiliation and disgrace; disgraceful conduct, quality, or action

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Punctilious

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marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions

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Disdain

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a feeling of contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior

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Wight

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human being

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