Chapter 66 - The Shark Massacre — Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words from Chapter 66 - The Shark Massacre

voracity (noun)

Extreme greediness or ravenous hunger; the quality of consuming food in great quantities with eager desire.

turbid (adjective)

Cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter; not clear.

incalculable (adjective)

Too great to be calculated or estimated; immeasurably vast in number.

disembowelments (noun)

The removal or spilling out of the internal organs; the state of having one's entrails exposed.

Pantheistic (adjective)

Relating to pantheism, the belief that God is identical with the forces and laws of the universe; that divinity pervades all of nature.

carcase (noun)

(archaic spelling of carcass) The dead body of an animal, especially one prepared for cutting up.

cutting stages (noun)

Platforms lowered over the side of a whaling ship from which crew members work on the whale carcass or, in this case, fight off sharks.

ferocity (noun)

The state or quality of being extremely fierce, savage, or violent.

voided (verb)

Expelled or discharged from the body; emptied out.

meddle (verb)

To interfere or handle something, especially in a way that may be harmful or unwanted.

whaling-spade (noun)

A flat, spade-shaped steel cutting tool mounted on a long pole, used for cutting blubber from whales and, in this chapter, for killing sharks.

incessant (adjective)

Continuing without pause or interruption; unceasing.