| Term | Definition |
|---|
| contemplative | an act of considering with attention; study |
| garnered | gathered into storage |
| eloquent | marked by forceful and fluent expression |
| reproached | disapproved of |
| aridity | excessively dry |
| imputed | to accuse unjustly |
| relish | to add taste to |
| tinctured | infused or stained with a color |
| reveries | state of abstracted musing |
| nullity | state or quality of being without value, effect, consequence, or significance |
| inducement | something that includes, motivates, or persuades |
| fiend | a diabollically cruel or wicked person |
| coir | the fiber in the husk of a coconut used to make rope |
| ghee | a kind of liquid butter made of buffalo and cow milk |
| stowage | the act of storing |
| beguile | to influence by trickery, flattery, etc. |
| monotony | wearisome uniformity or lack of variety |
| fathoms | a unit of length (six feet) |
| exhalations | acts of breathing out air |
| poop | (waves) to break over the stern of a ship |
| simoon | a poetic liscence (?) |
| deigning | to think it appropriate to one's dignity |
| hallooed | called to attention with the word "halloo" |
| aft | toward the stern or tail |
| deluged | a great flood of water |
| exertions | acts using or putting forward something |
| scudded | moved quickly or hurriedly |
| velocity | rapidity of motion or operation |
| breaches | leaps of a whale from the water |
| cessation | a temporary or complete stopping |
| subsistence | means of supporting life |
| procured | to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means |
| hulk | the body of an old or dismantled ship |
| trifling | of very little importance |
| lustre | chiefly British (?) |
| clambered | to climb with difficulty (on all fours) |
| dismay | to alarm; perturb |
| decisive | putting an end to a controversy |
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