VOCABULARY PART 3:

1.    “Sorry – these cookies are good, but they tend to crumble.” (Life of Pi, page 292)

Crumble: V. Break or fall apart into small fragments.

2.    “Distant sound of water gushing out of  a tap” (Life of Pi, page 293)

Gush: V. send out or flow in a rapid and plentiful stream.

3.    “There is  a sink over there” (Life of Pi, page 292)

Sink: N. a fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe

4.    “It took centuries to still the fear in some pliable animals.” (Life of Pi, page 296)

Pliable: Adj.  Easily bent; flexible.

5.    “She was never heard from again, not by police or hunters or poachers or anyone else.” (Life of Pi, page 297)

Poachers: N. a person who illegally hunts.

6.    “There may very well be feral giraffes” (Life of Pi, page 297)

Feral: Adj. in a wild state, especially after having been domesticated or cultivated.

7.    “You are the sole survivor” (Life of Pi, page 298)

Sole: Adj. The part on which something else rests while, the only.

8.    “We have no proof they were meerkat bones” (Life of Pi, page 300)

Meerkat: N. a small southern African mongoose.

9.    “He was such a brute that cook, ill-tempered and hypocritical.” (Life of Pi,                 page 304)

Brute: N. a violent or savage person or animal

10. “Could he say why it didn’t send out a distress signal?” (Life of Pi, page 312)

Distress: Adj. Warnings.