Island of the Blue Dolphins Ch.17-20 Vocabulary

to use materials to make into something

• mold

• fashioning

• invent

• purchase

not often, rare

• crevice

• lure

• seldom

• frequently

to take hold of suddenly and forcibly

• seized

• release

• puncture

• produce

teetering

• sing loudly

• climb quickly

• jump

• move or balance unsteadily, sway back and forth

smelt

• to use your nose

• a tall building

• a small, silvery fish

• to go fast

stalked

• to pursue or approach stealthily

• to steal

• to hide

• to cheer loudly

lure

• to invent a new product

• to attempt to do something or go somewhere

• to use materials to make into something

• to bake a recipe

crevice

• a narrow opening, especially in a rock

• a cliff

• a high building

• a sneaky animal

fledglings

• small frogs

• excited insects

• small, broken rocks

• a young bird, just able to fly

glimpse

• to stare at someone for a long time

• a momentary or partial view

• a boken mirror

• a narrow opewning