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Billy BUDD 160 words

March 8, 2010 By Thomas E. (Duluth, GA)

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  1. approbation
    official approval
  2. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  3. vainglorious
    feeling self-importance
  4. unaffectedness
    not affected; a personal manner that is not consciously constrained
  5. lustrous
    reflecting light
  6. sally
    a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
  7. rollick
    play boisterously
  8. anaclisis
    (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure
  9. clot
    a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
  10. wayfarer
    a pedestrian who walks from place to place
  11. motley
    consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
  12. retinue
    the group following and attending to some important person
  13. evoke
    call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  14. evince
    give expression to
  15. tempestuous
    characterized by violent emotions or behavior
  16. towpath
    a path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
  17. proficient
    having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
  18. perilous
    fraught with danger
  19. yardarm
    either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
  20. comeliness
    the quality of being good looking and attractive
  21. conjunction
    the state of being joined together
  22. cynosure
    something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)
  23. aspect
    a characteristic to be considered
  24. gangway
    a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)
  25. demur
    take exception to
  26. acquiescence
    agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
  27. intractable
    not tractable; difficult to manage or mold
  28. prepossessing
    creating a favorable impression
  29. veritable
    not counterfeit or copied
  30. prudence
    discretion in practical affairs
  31. disquietude
    feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
  32. forecastle
    living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
  33. bluff
    a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
  34. disconcert
    cause to lose one's composure
  35. decoction
    (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
  36. alacrity
    liveliness and eagerness
  37. adjunct
    something added to another thing but not an essential part of it
  38. irrepressible
    impossible to repress or control
  39. rueful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
  40. shindy
    a large and noisy party of people
  41. treacle
    a pale cane syrup
  42. biff
    strike, usually with the fist
  43. forebear
    a person from whom you are descended
  44. dogwatch
    either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm
  45. drub
    beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
  46. lubber
    an awkward stupid person
  47. celerity
    a rate that is rapid
  48. tipple
    drink moderately but regularly
  49. rustic
    characteristic of rural life
  50. sinister
    stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
  51. dexterity
    adroitness in using the hands
  52. fatalist
    anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
  53. martial
    suggesting war or military life
  54. revery
    an abstracted state of absorption
  55. sullen
    showing a brooding ill humor
  56. hearth
    an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
  57. kith
    your friends and acquaintances
  58. consort
    keep company with; hang out with
  59. factitious
    not produced by natural forces
  60. abash
    cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
  61. palate
    the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
  62. analogous
    similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar
  63. reposeful
    affording physical or mental rest
  64. indurate
    make hard or harder
  65. halyard
    a rope for raising or lowering a sail or flag
  66. eminently
    in an eminent manner
  67. foundling
    a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
  68. ignoble
    completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
  69. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  70. proffer
    present for acceptance or rejection
  71. impute
    attribute or credit to
  72. providentially
    in a fortunately providential manner
  73. doxy
    a woman who cohabits with an important man
  74. obliquity
    the quality of being deceptive
  75. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
  76. vitiate
    make imperfect
  77. invocation
    the act of appealing for help
  78. latitude
    an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
  79. amiss
    in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner
  80. singularly
    in a singular manner or to a singular degree
  81. avowal
    a statement asserting the existence or the truth of something
  82. arbitrary
    based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice
  83. epithet
    descriptive word or phrase
  84. proselyte
    a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
  85. transmute
    change or alter in form, appearance, or nature
  86. conjecture
    to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
  87. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
  88. insurrection
    organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
  89. pugnacious
    tough and callous by virtue of experience
  90. plenary
    full in all respects
  91. divergence
    the act of moving away in different direction from a common point
  92. contrive
    make or work out a plan for; devise
  93. cravenness
    meanspirited cowardice
  94. shorn
    having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers
  95. weaver
    a craftsman who weaves cloth
  96. iconoclast
    someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions
  97. utilitarian
    having a useful function
  98. vanity
    feelings of excessive pride
  99. bravado
    a swaggering show of courage
  100. sagacious
    acutely insightful and wise
  101. injunction
    (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
  102. circumspect
    heedful of potential consequences
  103. trumpet
    a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
  104. fustian
    a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
  105. affectation
    a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  106. appellation
    identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
  107. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
  108. prolific
    intellectually productive
  109. intrepid
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  110. injudiciously
    in an injudicious manner
  111. paramount
    having superior power and influence
  112. leeward
    on the side away from the wind
  113. undemonstrative
    not given to open expression of emotion
  114. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
  115. irascible
    quickly aroused to anger
  116. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  117. bias
    a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
  118. cant
    a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
  119. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  120. evocation
    stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors
  121. complicity
    guilt as an accomplice in a crime or offense
  122. idyllic
    suggestive of an idyll; charmingly simple and serene
  123. fecund
    capable of producing offspring or vegetation
  124. dauntless
    invulnerable to fear or intimidation
  125. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  126. heady
    extremely exciting as if by alcohol or a narcotic
  127. complaisant
    showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
  128. obtrusive
    sticking out; protruding
  129. choleric
    characterized by anger
  130. inimical
    not friendly
  131. jocosely
    with humor
  132. antiquity
    the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
  133. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead
  134. preeminence
    high status importance owing to marked superiority
  135. squeamish
    excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
  136. eccentricity
    strange and unconventional behavior
  137. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
  138. ursine
    of or relating to or similar to bears
  139. recondite
    difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
  140. laconic
    brief and to the point; effectively cut short
  141. exacerbate
    make worse
  142. welkin
    the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  143. phrenology
    a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties
  144. pallor
    unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress)
  145. scurrilous
    expressing offensive reproach
  146. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  147. remiss
    failing in what duty requires
  148. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  149. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  150. promptitude
    the characteristic of doing things without delay
  151. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  152. twain
    two items of the same kind
  153. sapient
    acutely insightful and wise
  154. volition
    the act of making a choice
  155. pithy
    concise and full of meaning
  156. incumbent
    necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding
  157. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
  158. insatiate
    impossible to satisfy
  159. convulse
    move or stir about violently
  160. mirth
    great merriment