Propitiate
Gaining favor of someone by doing something to make them happy
Breakwater
A barrier built into the sea to protect a coast from the force of waves
Barbarous
Intensely brutal
Anointed
Rub oil on someone, typically as part of a religious ceremony
Gaunt
Lean and haggard
Theologian
An expert in theology
Individualism
Principle of being self-reliant
Wedlock
Being married
Dissensions
Disagreements
Whalers
A whaling ship
Milling
A machine designed to cut metal using a rotating tool
Communitarianism
A system of social organization based on small self-governing communities
Bourgeois
Belonging to the upper class or possessing cultural and financial capital
Efficacy
Producing a desired result
Begetting
Cause or bring about
Stupendous
Very impressive
