Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary Review

1. Source of trouble or difficulty; trouble or annoyance.

• league
• mischief
• parley

2. A formal order given; a command.

• forlorn
• vain
• decreed

3. A steep hill with a flat top.

• mesa
• befall
• vain

4. To discuss something.

• parley
• vain
• carcass

5. A measure of distance.

• league
• beckoned
• forlorn

6. The dead body of an animal.

• mesa
• carcass
• league

7. Unhappy or miserable; sad or lonely.

• pelt
• mischief
• forlorn

8. To happen or occur.

• beckon
• befall
• pelt

9. An animal skin with the hair or fur still attached.

• pelt
• mesa
• befall

10. To signal to come with a gesture of the head or hand.

• decreed
• vain
• beckoned