Rikki Tikki Tavi Vocab. Words

1.  Paralyzed 

• to crouch or shrink down in fear
• to return to life, get back energy
• a young baby bird
• a long open porch, usually with a roof

Veranda - He went out into the veranda and sat in the sushine

• to crouch or shrink down in fear
• to return to life, get back energy
• a young baby bird
• a long open porch, usually with a roof

Cower - Darzee and his wife only cowered down in the nest

• to crouch or shrink down in fear
• to return to life, get back energy
• a young baby bird
• a long open porch, usually with a roof

Sluice - There was a brick pulled out to make a sluice for the bath water

• moving back and forth
• an opening in a wall for the bathtub water to drain
• a manner of walking or moving on foot
• an expanded part on or near the head of a snake

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Valiant - The valiant Rikki caught him by the head and held fast

• very angry
• very brave, courageous
• an advantage such as a firm hold
• to burn lightly

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Savage - A bite near the tail would only make Nag savage

• very angry
• very brave, courageous
• an advantage such as a firm hold
• to burn lightly

Consolation - It may be some consolation to you when you are dead to know that I killed the boy

• not very smart
• to act in a clever way that is meant to trick
• the eggs of a small hen
• a comfort

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Mourning

• something that comforts a disappointed person
• cleverly
• expressing grief, especially after someone dies
• came back to life or consciousness

Inherited

• expressing grief, especially after someone dies
• cleverly
• an open porch, usually with a roof
• receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.

immensely

• came back to life or consciousness
• cleverly 
• a great deal; very much
• something that comforts a disappointed