The Old Man and the Sea Flashcards
affects
influences, produces an effect upon
annulled
reduced to nothing
attained
gained, achieved, reached as an end
benevolent
marked by goodness or disposed to do good
bight
a loop in a rope
carapaced
a hard protective outer covering; especially an attitude or state of mind serving to protect or to isolate
ceding
yielding or granting by treaty; giving up
coagulated
clotted; gathered together into one mass
devise
invent, plot, plan
gaff
device designed to catch turtles
gaffed
caught with a spear designed to catch turtles or fish
gaunt
excessively thin and angular often as a result of suffering
gelatinous
resembling a jelly or gelatin
hoisted
raised into positiion
humility
the state of being reduced to a position lower in one’s own eyes or others’ eyes
imperceptible
not knowable by a sense or the mind
improvise
extermporize in arrangement; invent off hand
ineffectually
not producing the proper or intended effect
intersected
divided by or passing through or across
iridescent
having or causing a play of colors which produce a rainbow effect
gnancy
state of producing death or deterioration
phosphorescence
sustained luminescence from the absorption of radiations
resolution
firmness of resolve; determination
sustenance
food, provisions, means of support, maintenance, subsistence
taut
tightly drawn; tense, tight
undulation
a rising and falling as in waves
