Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

adv. in an unyielding or unbending or adamant manner

He relentlessly pursued every thread of the conspiracy until not one guilty man remained untouched by his justice.

adj. very surprising or hard to believe.

The astonishing library aboard the Nautilus contained twelve thousand volumes, all chosen by its solitary and brilliant captain.

v. to determine a value by doing the necessary mathematical operations; to work out the details of something in advance; to determine; estimate

Nemo was calculating in his vengeance, choosing only those vessels that bore the flag he most despised.

n. something hard to understand or explain

Captain Nemo remained enigmatic throughout, revealing just enough of his past to deepen every unanswered question.

adv. in a physically fierce manner

The giant squid ferociously attacked the hull, its tentacles wrapping the vessel with terrifying and deliberate force.

adj. 1 varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; 2 having a play of lustrous rainbowlike colors

The coral formations were iridescent in the Nautilus's searchlight, shifting from violet to gold as the vessel turned.

adj. giving off or reflecting light. it can describe something that shines or glows.

The luminous jellyfish drifted past the Nautilus windows like lanterns lit from within by some cold blue fire.

adv. in a way that shows great attention to detail.

Aronnax meticulously catalogued every new species observed through the reinforced glass panels of the observation salon.

v. to find the way to a place or through a situation.

Nemo could navigate the deepest ocean trenches as confidently as other captains steered familiar coastal shipping lanes.

v. to push or drive something forward.

The electric engines could propel the Nautilus at speeds that left every surface vessel hopelessly far behind.

adj. able to get along without any help from others

The Nautilus was entirely self-sufficient, harvesting electricity, food, and air from the ocean that surrounded her.

n. a supreme ruler or monarch.

Nemo was sovereign beneath the waves, acknowledging no nation, no law, and no authority but his own will.

v. to put or go underwater

The Nautilus remained fully submerged for weeks, its crew indifferent to the sunlit world above the surface.

adj. 1 of or relating to or associated with or resembling a dictatorship; 2 marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior

Ned Land found Nemo's refusal to release them tyrannical, however magnificent the underwater world proved to be.

adj. 1 impossible to come to understand; 2 so deep as to be unmeasurable

The trench yawned below them, unfathomable and lightless, a place no sounding line had ever reached before.