Life of Pi Vocabulary Quiz

Which word means...Criticized;reprimanded?

• Recoiled

• Rebuked

• Fiasco

• Exasperation

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the definition of CARRION?

• Satisfy, put an end to, put out

• Extremely serious or urgent

• Dead and rotting flesh

• Searching through

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which word means...Recklessness due to lack of hope?

• desperation

• delusion

• outwit

• jowls

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the definition of TARPAULIN

• A false belief

• Outsmart or trick

• A protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax.

• Death or intense suffering experienced due to one's beliefs.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What does MAYHEM mean?

• Violent or damaging disorder; CHAOS

• Causing serious thought

• a yoga teacher or advanced yoga practitioner

• large saltwater fish

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which word means...Intense and passionate feeling?

• dorado

• egged

• retaliating

• Fervor

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the definition of RETALIATING?

• omen of death or destruction

• taking revenge

• happy; full of joy and or fun

• finished quickly

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Which word means...A rainbow-like display of varying and shifting colors?

• gleefully

• Iridescence

• exulted

• death knell

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Which word means...Accompanied by bloodshed?

• cain

• iridescence

• gleefully

• Sanguinary

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

What does the word JOWLS mean?

• outsmart; trick

• a false belief

• (of a plant or animal) to pass solid or liquid matter from the body

• the flesh under the jaw, especially when plump or hanging loosely

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4