Life of Pi Vocab Ch 37-49

To lean to one side

• port

• list

• stern

• bow

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

grommets

• small sea urchins

• holes in a wooden plank

• protective eyelets in a material that prevents damage either to the material or to a rope passed through its

• small cranes at the side of a ship's deck, especially a pair of curved metal posts for lowering a lifeboat

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

fodder

• a state resembling a trance

• animal food

• a lock of long hair

• a large-scale structure of the Earth's crust

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

stupor

• dazed state, an acute lack of mental alertness from shock or lack of sleep

• a person of lower intelligence

• a tall, slender tower attached to a mosque

• somebody in charge of something

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

ostentation

• extremely poisonous

• dazed and confused

• clearly seen or understood

• conspicuous or vulgar display of wealth, impressive

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

virulent

• involving punishment by death

• reddish brown in color

• extremely poisonous or damaging to organisms

• based on observation and experimentation

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

carrion

• a Middle Eastern delicacy

• behaving in a superior or arrogant way

• rotting flesh of a dead animal

• one who roves around carrying out violent attacks or looking for plunder

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

disheveled

• with messed up hair and clothes

• Canadian term for being without snow removal tools

• strong, forceful argument

• puzzling or confusing

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

remonstration

• one who roves around carrying out violent attacks or looking for plunder

• a pole with a large hook on the end

• humble and sincere appeal

• strong, forceful argument

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

callous

• reddish brown color

• showing no concern that other people are or might be hurt or upset

• puzzling or confusing

• lumbering and laborious in movement

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4