Vocabulary Word
Word: frustrate
Definition: thwart; defeat; prevent from accomplishing a purpose
Definition: thwart; defeat; prevent from accomplishing a purpose
Sentences Containing 'frustrate'
Starbuck's body and Starbuck's coerced will were Ahab's, so long as Ahab kept his magnet at Starbuck's brain; still he knew that for all this the chief mate, in his soul, abhorred his captain's quest, and could he, would joyfully disintegrate himself from it, or even frustrate it.
More Vocab Words
::: avert - prevent; avoid; turn away (eyes or thought); Ex. An accident was averted by his quick thinking; Ex. She averted her eyes from the terrible sight.::: contentious - quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments
::: penitent - repentant; N.
::: callous - hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others; unkind
::: negligible - so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded
::: secrete - conceal; hide away or cache; produce and release a substance into an organism; CF. secretive
::: maladroit - clumsy; not skillful; awkward; bungling
::: acrophobia - fear of heights
::: dauntless - bold; fearless
::: effective - effectual; producing a strong response; striking; in operation; in effect; Ex. effective speech/photograph
