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Life of Pi Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| reverent | showing great respect for god |
| manifest | clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment |
| nominally | in name only |
| vestibule | a large entrance or reception room or area |
| adversity | a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event |
| tantamount | being essentially equal to something |
| bemused | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements |
| secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion |
| overarching | including, affecting, or dominating everything |
| askance | with suspicion or disapproval |
| apoplectic | marked by extreme anger |
| chagrin | a feeling of annoyance or distress due to disappointment or failure |
| precarious | not secure; beset with difficulties |
| plausible | apparently reasonable |
| fleeting | lasting for a markedly brief time |
| landlubber | a person who is unfamiliar with sailing or the sea |
| flotsam | the floating wreckage of a ship |
| tentative | hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion |
| callous | emotionally hardened |
| simian | an ape or monkey |
| amicably | in a friendly manner |
| viscera | internal organs collectively |
| empirical | derived from experiment and observation rather than theory |
| befuddled | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements |
| sustenance | a source of food or nourishment |
| conundrum | a difficult problem |
| insouciant | marked by unconcern |
| supplication | a prayer asking God's help as part of a religious service |
| lucidity | a clear state of mind |
| poignancy | a state of deeply felt distress or sorrow |
| erratic | liable to sudden unpredictable change |
| brackish | slightly salty |
| injunction | a formal command or admonition |
| patently | unmistakably |
| evanescent | short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear |
| sentient | endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness |
| procure | get by special effort |
| ambit | an area in which something operates or has power or control |
| apprehension | fearful expectation or anticipation |
| persnickety | characterized by excessive attention to trivial details |
| untoward | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is proper |
| ordnance | military supplies |
| appraise | estimate the nature |
| deference | a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others |
| respite | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
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