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archipelago: a group of many islands in a large body of water
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cadaverous: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"
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caprice: a sudden desire; "he bought it on an impulse"
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compunction: a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)
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discomfiture: anxious embarrassment
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ghastly: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
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immense: unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending";
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impassive: deliberately not active in manner; "deadpan humor"
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imperceptible: impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
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ludicrous: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the wild farcical exuberance of a clown"
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mizzen: 1. fore-and-aft sail set on the mast 2. third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or dandy
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mutiny: open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
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peremptorily: in an imperative and commanding manner
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perplex: 1. make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter" 2. be a mystery or bewildering to
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phosphorescent: emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation
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reefed foresail: rolled down part of the sail to lessen the exposure to wind
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surly: inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "an ugly frame of mind"
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tenacity: persistent determination