New Vocabulary

1. Approbation- official approval
2. Prosaic- lacking imagination
3. Vainglorious- feeling self-importance
4. Sally-a military action in which besieged troops burst forth
5. Rollick- play boisterously
6. Anaclasis- Relationship marked by strong dependence on others
7. Wayfarer- A pedestrian who walks from place to place
8. Motley- Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds
9. Retinue- The group following and attending to some important person
10. Evoke- Call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
11. Evince- Give expression to
12. Tempetuous- Characterized by violent emotions or behavior
13. Towpath- A path along a canal or river used by animals towing boats
14. Proficient- Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude
15. Perilous- Fraught with danger
16. Yardarm- Either end of the yard of a square-rigged ship
17. Comeliness- The quality of being good looking and attractive
18. Cynosure- Something that provides guideGangway- A temporary passageway of planks
19. Demur- take exception to
20. Acquesience- the agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
21. Intractable- difficult to manage or mold
22. prepossessing
    creating a favorable impression
23. Veritable- not counterfeit or copied
24. Prudence- discretion in practical affairs
25. Disquitetude- feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
26. Forecastle- living quarters consisting of a superstructure in the bow of a merchant ship where the crew is housed
27. Bluff- A high steep bank
28. Dicoction- the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
29. Alacrity- liveliness and eagerness
30. Adjunct- added to another thing but not essential to it
31. Irresponsible- unable to control
32. Rueful- feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
33. Shindy- a large and noisy party of people
34. Treacle- a pale cane syrup
35. Biff- strike, usually with the fist
36. Forebear- a person from whom you are descended
37. Dogwatch- either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm
38. Drub- beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
39. Lubber-an awkward stupid person
40. Celerity- a rate that is rapid
41. tipple-drink moderately but regularly
42. Rustic- characteristic of rural life
43. SInister-from evil characteristics or forces
44. Dexterity- adroitness in using the, hands
45. Fatalist- anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny
46. Martia- suggesting war or military life
47. Revery- abstracted state of absorption
48. Sullen- showing a brooding ill humor