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Life of Pi Vocab
Vocabulary for the Book life of Pi
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Language - English
10th Grade
04/27/2016

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Acuity
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Sharpness, Intelligence, quickness of abilities
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Sentient
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Aware, Endowed with feeling and consciousness
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Gregarious
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Social, Tending to form in groups with like kind
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Malaise
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Physical discomfort, weakness, sickness
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Symbiotic
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Organisms living together to mutual advantage
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Feral
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Wild, or gone back to the wild
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Shard
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Broken fragment, usually pottery
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insouciant
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free from worry or concern, nonchalant
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Purveyor
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Someone who supplies or provides.
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Petulant
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easily irritated and upset, annoyed by trifles.
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Hovel
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Unpleasant, cramped, dilapidated place to live.
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Apoplectic
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Extremely angry or furious
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Poignant
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Deeply oving, touching, distressing
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conundrum
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Riddle, puzzle, or problem
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Indolence
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Idleness, Laziness
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Guttural
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Harsh, rasping, produced in the throat, throaty
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askance
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with suspicion, distrust, or disapproval
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aversion
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A feeling of intense dislike or repugnance
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incongruous
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out of place, inappropriate
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Voraciusly
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To crave or consume large quantities of food, very eager, avid
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