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Life of Pi vocab 37-53 (first 20)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an inexperienced sailor; a sailor on the first voyage

a)

portly

b)

landlubber

c)

strapping

d)

callous

2.

fix firmly

a)

flotsam

b)

infirm

c)

ensconce

d)

strapping

3.

the floating wreckage of a ship

a)

swath

b)

flotsam

c)

insouciant

d)

haughty

4.

marked by low spirits; showing no enthusiasm

a)

fodder

b)

infirm

c)

listless

d)

strapping

5.

coarse food composed of entire plants or the leaves and stalks of a cereal crop.

a)

simian

b)

fodder

c)

swath

d)

portly

6.

under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

a)

swath

b)

portly

c)

tentative

d)

insouciant

7.

the tendency to float in water or other liquid

a)

swath

b)

buoyancy

c)

befuddled

d)

flotsam

8.

lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

a)

haughty

b)

swath

c)

ostentation

d)

portly

9.

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

a)

flotsam

b)

infirm

c)

catholic

d)

listless

10.

comprehensive or broad-minded in tastes or interests; free from provincial prejudices or attachments

a)

swath

b)

portly

c)

catholic

d)

insouciant

11.

extremely impressive in strength or excellence

a)

strapping

b)

portly

c)

befuddled

d)

formidable

12.

argue in protest or opposition

a)

portly

b)

swath

c)

remonstrate

d)

infirm

13.

muscular and heavily built

a)

viscera

b)

strapping

c)

swath

d)

portly

14.

emotionally hardened

a)

sublimity

b)

callous

c)

strapping

d)

buoyancy

15.

relating to or resembling an ape

a)

catholic

b)

simian

c)

portly

d)

strapping

16.

in an amicable manner; pleasantly

a)

swath

b)

amicably

c)

befuddled

d)

strapping

17.

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

a)

flotsam

b)

haughty

c)

portly

d)

callous

18.

your usual mood

a)

swath

b)

disposition

c)

insouciant

d)

portly

19.

a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)

a)

fodder

b)

infirm

c)

starpping

d)

swath

20.

internal organs collectively (especially those in the abdominal cavity)

a)

swath

b)

viscera

c)

portly

d)

insouciant