Chapter 52 - The Albatross — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from Chapter 52 - The Albatross

tyro (noun)

A beginner or novice; someone new to a field or activity.

spectral (adjective)

Resembling or suggesting a ghost or specter; eerie and otherworldly.

hoar-frost (noun)

A grayish-white crystalline deposit of frozen water vapor formed in cold conditions; used figuratively to describe encrusted whiteness.

raiment (noun)

Clothing or garments, especially when considered as a whole.

bepatched (adjective)

Covered with patches; mended repeatedly with pieces of cloth.

fathomless (adjective)

Too deep to be measured; immeasurably deep. Also: impossible to understand.

forlorn (adjective)

Pitifully sad, lonely, or forsaken; appearing desolate or hopeless.

pallid (adjective)

Pale, especially because of poor health or a lack of color; feeble or insipid.

amain (adverb)

With great force, speed, or intensity; suddenly and forcefully.

ominous (adjective)

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening.

evincing (verb)

Revealing the presence of a quality or feeling; making evident or manifest.

monomaniac (noun)

A person obsessed with a single subject or idea to an extreme or pathological degree.

capriciously (adverb)

In a way that is subject to sudden, unpredictable changes of mood or behavior; whimsically.

circumnavigation (noun)

The act of sailing or traveling completely around something, especially the world.

whelmed (verb)

Engulfed, submerged, or overwhelmed; buried or drowned beneath something.