Glossary
- abundance
- An amount that is large or more than enough.
- aesthetic
- Concerning the appreciation of beauty.
- anxious
- Eager.
- benumb
- To make numb or inactive.
- commodity
- Something useful that can benefit a person.
- concerted
- Planned or accomplished together.
- court
- Building where legal decisions are made.
- despair
- To be without hope or to lose all hope.
- dignity
- The condition or quality of having worth or of being honorable.
- discrimination
- Unequal treatment of a person or group.
- divers
- Various.
- efficiency
- The condition or quality of bringing about a desired result without waste of time, materials, or energy.
- game
- Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport.
- giving in
- Surrendering, yielding.
- hath
- Has.
- immense
- Of great size.
- isthmus
- A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land.
- Isthmus fever
- Fever or malaria associated with traveling in and around the Isthmus of Panama.
- justice
- Fairness.
- latter
- The second of two things mentioned previously.
- noble
- Impressive.
- novel
- Very new, unusual, or different.
- operation
- Procedure or action.
- opportunity
- A chance to do something.
- ordnance
- Weapons and ammunition.
- pace
- The length of a person's step.
- physically
- Relating to the body.
- principle
- Rule.
- production
- The creation or making of a good.
- refuge
- A safe place.
- resolution
- Formal decision.
- scarcely
- Hardly.
- seek
- To try to find or get.
- seldom
- Not often.
- shallop
- A small open boat used mainly in shallow waters.
- situation
- A settlement's location.
- solitude
- Having privacy or being secluded from other people.
- sounded
- To measure the depth of water, often using a weighted line.
- supervision
- Watching over and inspecting the action, work, or performance of.
- yarn
- Long, complicated story.