Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocab 1-3

Something on the surface of water

• Ravine

• Afloat

• Mesa

• Pelts

A safe place. Typically on a body of water

• Gather

• Leagues

• Glistening

• Harbor

Gather

• Shining or sparkling

• to look intently at something

• a plant that grows in the ocean

• to collect items, harvest

Gaze

• to look intently at something

• a hill with a flat top

• decorations that make something more beautiful

• a sharp projectile used for hunting

a shiver or shake when you feel cold or scared

• gaze

• trembled

• leagues

• pelts

kelp

• collect items, harvest

• collect items, harvest

• a plant that grows in the ocean anchored to rocks

• a small valley that is smaller than a canyon

ravine

• a hill with a flat top

• a safe place, typically on a body of water

• used very little

• a small valley that is smaller than a canyon

decorations that make something more beautiful

• spear

• ornaments

• carcasses

• glistening

mesa

• a hill with a flat top

• used very little

• shining or sparkling

• a source of water

a sharp projectile that is used for hunting

• harbor

• spear

• afloat

• carcasses