cannery row vocab

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canneries

canning factories

nostalgia

sentimental longing for something in the past

purse-seiner

a big net that captures fish

abacus

calculator, arithmetic functions

avaricious

having shown extreme greed

benefactor

someone gives money to help

cordage

ropes in a ships rigging

dubiously

doubtful

inviolable

devine, holy

vargant

someone without a permeant house

disconsolately

heart broken, sad

infirmities

weakness, sickness

falsetto

high pitch voice

tunicates

having a tough outer covering

concupiscent

abnormally strong desire

caustic

capable of destroying through animal tissue

protean

readily assuming different shapes, moldable

encroached

to intrude slowly into someones property

gilded

to coat with a thin layer of gold

ravening

eat viciously, feed greedily

philanthropy

generosity with desire to benefit humanity

speculatively

thoughtfully, meditatively

excelsior

fine wood shavings, used for stuffing, packing, etc.

alacrity

cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness

decrepit

weakened by old age

gulch

a deep, narrow ravine, especially one marking the course of a stream or torrent.

magnanimously

generous in forgiving an insult or injury

poultice

a soft, moist mass of cloth, bread, meal, herbs

corrugated

to draw or bend into folds or alternate furrows and ridges, to wrinkle

placid

pleasantly calm or peaceful

enigma

a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

novena

a devotion consisting of nine separate days of prayers or services.

carborundum

any of various abrasives or refractories of silicon carbide, fused alumina, and other materials.

peroration

the concluding part of a speech