Mutiny on the Bounty has long been fodder for portraying British sea captain William Bligh as the leader of a harsh ......... renegade realistic regime recruit
One morning in 1789, most of the crew on the HMS Bounty refused to follow any more of the captain's orders. Films and novels have long held Bligh's cruelty responsible for the .......... mutineers mulish monolith mutiny
Fletcher Christian, the 24-year-old second in command, and the group of ......... sailors put Bligh and 18 of his loyal men adrift in a small boat. improvise impassioned investigate innuendo
Previously, members of the Bounty had spent 6 months on Tahiti. The men were so ......... with Tahitian women, they seriously considered staying there. besotted benighted bespectacled belittled
Historians now question whether the mutiny was the result of Bligh's constant criticisms and ......... or simply the seamen's desire to stay on such an island paradise. disparagement disappointment division disappear
Actually, the ship's log showed Bligh to be a ......... captain with fewer floggings per seaman than on any other ship during the 18th century. lucid luciferase lucifergous lenient
Bligh even instituted ......... changes to improve the men's diet and lighten their work load. Men were given more free time. humungous hammocks humanitarian humorous
His efforts to make sure the hammocks were clean and clothes were dry were met with ......... by the seamen. congruous contempt containers contrary
Further outrage occurred when Bligh banned the ......... practice of dunking seamen over the side of the ship when crossing the equator. Occasionally, the practice resulted in a man drowning. sarcasm sarcenet sucrose sadistic
After Bligh's rescue, his career flourished. He was elected to a ......... scientific academy for his service to navigation and bravery in battle. prodigy prolific prestigious prestissimo
