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Moby Dick
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11th Grade
04/02/2007
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Perdition
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Eternal damnation; hell
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Insular
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relating to an island
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Providence
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divine guidance; God
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Packet
 Definition
passenger boat carying mail and cargo on a regular schedule
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Portentous
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eliciting wonder; weighty
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Leviathan
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sea monster or large sea animal
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sojourn
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a temporary stay
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attant(est)
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extreme(s)
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abominate
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to abhor; to loathe intensely
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idolator
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worshipper of idols
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sundry
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miscellaneous
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Toilet
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process of dressing and grooming oneself
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Eschew
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to avoid habitually
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stalwart
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strong; an unwavering partisan
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doleful
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cheerless; expressing greif
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lees
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sediment of liquor; dregs
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lee
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side sheltered from wind
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cenotaph
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a tom or marker for person(s) bureied elsewhere
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parricide
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murder or murderer of parent or close relative
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oscillate
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swing; vary
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annihilation
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destruction; nullification
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swarthy
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of dark color
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inexorable
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relentless
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dyspeptic
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showing sour disposition
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(in) lieu (of)
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instead of
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scepter
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staff or baton signifying royalty
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magnanimity
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generosity
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prodigious
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enourmous; extraordinary in degree
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brine
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salt water
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quahog
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a kind of American clam
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Trypot
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pot used for rendering oil from blubber
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(by) dint (of)
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because of
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sagacity
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wisdom; shrewdness
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liturgy
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rites of public worship
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bulwarks
 Definition
side of ship above upper deck
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apex
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summit; highest point
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squall
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sudden, violent wind storm
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