 acacia |
 Africa |
 Babel |
 bay laurel |
 chameleon |
 Sargasso Sea |
 sushi |
 Tiburon |
 vibrissae |
acacia |
Africa |
Babel |
bay laurel |
chameleon |
Sargasso Sea |
sushi |
Tiburon |
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| 2... | mangy | ... worn and squalid-looking; bedraggled or decrepit | |
| 4... | acacia | ... a large genus of shrubs and trees | |
| 8... | roistered | ... engaged in noisy, drunken, or riotous behavior. | |
| 8... | vibrissae | ... whiskers or still hairs usually specialized for tactile sensation, that grow around the nostrils or other parts of the face in most mammals | |
| 8... | Dalai Lama | ... the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people | |
| 20... | piffle | ... nonsense; foolish talk | |
| 21... | immensely | ... hugely; extremely; vastly | |
| 21... | blight | ... any of many plant diseases causing damage to, or the death of, leaves, fruit or other parts | |
| 26... | sushi | ... a Japanese dish consisting of rice, wrapped in seaweed, with a filling in the middle of the rice | |
| 28... | morosely | ... sullenly, gloomily | |
| 29... | Madagascar | ... an island nation in the Indian Ocean, off the southeastern coast of Africa | |
| 39... | chameleon | ... a lizard known for its ability to change color, its elongated sticky tongue, and eyes which can be moved independently of each other | |
| 54... | scuttlebutt | ... gossip or idle chatter | |
| 55... | gristle | ... cartilage | |
| 58... | jostled | ... moved through by pushing and shoving | |
| 63... | moor | ... to fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains | |
| 64... | prow | ... the fore part of a vessel; the bow; the stem | |
| 64... | reverently | ... respectfully | |
| 66... | wrenched | ... pulled or twisted violently | |
| 66... | nimbly | ... quickly and lightly in movement or action | |
| 68... | hackles | ... hair on the nape of the neck | |
| 74... | scuttled | ... moved hastily, scurried | |
| 75... | contrary | ... opposed in nature; strongly dissimilar | |
| 75... | brackish | ... salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water | |
| 89... | chitter | ... to twitter, as a bird | |
| 89... | gobbet | ... a lump or chunk of something, especially of raw meat | |
| 105... | malice | ... ill will, wickedness, evilness | |
| 116... | mirth | ... merriment; gaiety accompanied with laughter; jollity | |
| 118... | indignantly | ... with anger or indignation, especially at something unjust or wrong | |
| 123... | buffeted | ... battered, especially by strong wind | |
| 136... | derelict | ... abandonded, forsaken; (of ship) abandonded at sea; dilapidated, neglected | |
| 137... | hold | ... the cargo area of a ship | |
| 140... | dynamo | ... an energetic person | |
| 142... | grovel | ... to be nice to someone or apologise in the hope of securing something | |
| 142... | slither | ... to move about smoothly and from side to side | |
| 144... | etiquette | ... observance of the proprieties of rank and occasion; conventional decorum | |
| 145... | scow | ... a large flat-bottomed boat, having broad, square ends | |
| 146... | Tiburon | ... an affluent town in Marin County, California, occuping most of the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay | |
| 148... | plied | ... worked at diligently | |
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