Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life Glossary

Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life Glossary

cannibal

Anything that consumes the flesh of its own species.

toil

Boring, repetitive and laborious toil.

rite

A habitual ceremony marked endowed with great significance and required to be performed in similar or even identical ways every time it is practice.

deferential

Demonstrating respect, admiration or merely polite courtesy.

precipitous

High and steep; lofty.

undulations

Rippling; moving as if in waves.

unalloyed

Undiminished; not corrupted or lowered in standard or appreciation.

perverse

Contrary or aberrant to the norm; deviating from custom.

foment

To stir up.

garrulity

The state of being effusively talkative or longwinded.

buoyant

Happy and lighthearted.

nabob

A person of high status who makes that status quite conspicuous.

hypchondria

The condition of believing that you are sick or have got a disease even when there is no factual evidence to support that feeling.

vociferating

Shouting while gesturing in a very animated fashion.

indolent

Idle and lazy.

verdant

Lush, fertile greenery.

taboo

A practice deemed forbidden by the prevailing culture.

superannuated

Outdated or outmoded; old-fashioned.

perfidious

Treacherously disloyal.

decrepit

Decaying and crumbling; dilapidated.

intrepid

Fearless, bold and courageous; plucky in the face of standing up to one’s own resolve.

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