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Sobriety/Intoxication and Sea Words
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English
12th Grade
11/22/2009

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Term
abstemious
Definition
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate; abstinent
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carousal
Definition
drinking party; drunken revelry
Term
dipsomania
Definition
abnormal, uncontrollable craving for alcohol; alcoholism
Term
inebriated
Definition
drunk
Term
sober
Definition
1. not drunk; temperate
2. serious; free from excitement or exaggeration
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sot
Definition
person made foolish by excessive drinking; drunkard
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teetotaler
Definition
person who totally abstains from intoxicating beverages
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bow
Definition
forward part of a ship; prow
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brine
Definition
1. salty water
2. ocean; sea; the deep
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doldrums
Definition
1. calm, windless part of the ocean near the equator
2. listlessness
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flotsam
Definition
wreckage of a ship or its cargo found floating on the sea; driftage
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jetsam
Definition
goods cast overboard to lighten a ship in distress
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leeward
Definition
in the direction away from the wind (ant. windward)
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starboard
Definition
pertaining to the right-hand side of a ship when you are on deck and facing the bow (ant. port)
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