adriftadjectiveUS /əˈdrɪft/
aimlessly drifting
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
adventurousadjectiveUS /ædˈventʃərəs/
willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
assertedadjectiveUS /əˈsɜːrtɪd/
confidently declared to be so
From this reading But ere long, the blind instinct of life asserted itself.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
BarleynounUS /ˈbɑːrli/
a grain of barley
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
benumbedadjective
lacking sensation
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
bewilderedadjectiveUS /bɪˈwɪldərd/
perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group
From this reading But ere long, the blind instinct of life asserted itself.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But ere long, the blind instinct of life asserted itself.
put or send forth
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (“whole” is often used informally for “wholly”)
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
absence of light or illumination
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
either extremity of something that has length
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
an old word for “before”
From this reading But ere long, the blind instinct of life asserted itself.
at any time
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
firstadjectiveUS /fɜːrst/
preceding all others in time or space or degree
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
past form of “follow” — to travel behind, go after, come after
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
From this reading But ere long, the blind instinct of life asserted itself.
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading But ere long, the blind instinct of life asserted itself.
a small worthless amount
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
apprehended with certainty
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
a characteristic state or mode of living
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading But ere long, the blind instinct of life asserted itself.
plural of “moment” — a particular point in time
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
used to form the superlative
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
From this reading THE NORTH SEA.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
RigverbUS /rɪɡ/
arrange the outcome of by means of deceit
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
From this reading THE NORTH SEA.
suddennessnounUS /ˈsʌdənnəs/
the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
causing fear or dread or terror
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NORTH SEA.
precisely as stated
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The moments that followed were the most terrible that Jack had ever known in his adventurous life at sea.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
From this reading Cast adrift in the dark night and wild sea, he was at first completely bewildered.
in the company of; together with
From this reading The very suddenness with which the end of the _Barley Rig_ had come had benumbed him.
