Key Vocabulary Week 2 sandspit a landform found off coasts At one end spits connect to a head and extend into the nose Chapters 1012 serpent a long creature that looks like a snake ID: 490205
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
Key Vocabulary (Week 2)Slide2
sandspit
: a landform found off coasts. At one end, spits connect to a head, and extend into the nose
Chapters 10-12Slide3
serpent: a long creature that looks like a snake
Chapters 10-12Slide4
pitch: dark, sticky
tar used for water proofing.
Chapters 10-12Slide5
voyage: long trip, usually by boat, ship
Chapters 10-12Slide6
omen: a sign or warning of things to
come
Chapters 10-12Slide7
lair: a place where an animal
lives
Chapters 10-12Slide8
dunes: a hill of sand near an ocean or in a desert that is formed by the wind
Chapters 10-12Slide9
legend: a story from the past that is believed
by people, but cannot be proved to be true
Chapters 10-12Slide10
gruel: a thin meal made by cooking food in water; watery porridge
Chapters 10-12Slide11
rival: one who competes with another
Chapters 13-15Slide12
bellowing: shouting very loudly
Chapters 13-15Slide13
spring: A
flow of groundwater that emerges or comes out naturally at the ground surface
Chapters 13-15Slide14
ancestors: someone from whom you are descended
(more distant than a grandparent)
Chapters 13-15Slide15
raven: larger bodied bird that has
black plumage and large beaks
Chapters 13-15Slide16
coral:
a hard material formed on the bottom of the sea by the skeletons of small creatures
Chapters 13-15Slide17
twig: a small shoot or branch usually without its leaves
Chapters 13-15Slide18
reef: ledge of rocks in the ocean: near the surface
Chapters 16-18Slide19
barbed:
having a sharp point that sticks out and backward from a larger point
Chapters 16-18Slide20
braided: formed with three or more parts woven together
Chapters 16-18Slide21
muzzles: the usually long nose and mouth of an animal (such as a dog, horse, or pig)
Chapters 16-18Slide22
meadow: land that is covered or mostly covered with grass
Chapters 16-18Slide23
perch: fresh water game fish
Chapters 16-18Slide24
wreath: an arrangement of leaves or flowers in the shape of a circle that is
worn as a sign of honor/victory
Chapters 16-18