Life of Pi Flashcards
raise
bring up (a child):
clear the water out
to remove and sort the contents of (a room, container water, etc.)
beyond
1 at or to the further side of:
2 happening or continuing after (a specified time or event):
3 having progressed or achieved more than (a specified stage or level):
4 to a degree or condition where a specified action is impossible:
5 apart from; except:
noun ( the beyond )
the unknown after death:
commemoration
remembrance, typically expressed in a ceremony:
botanical
of or relating to plants:
noun (usu. botanicals)
a substance obtained from a plant and used as an additive, esp. in gin or cosmetics.
botanically |-ik(ə)lē | adverb
magical
1 relating to, using, or resembling magic:
2 beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life:
magically adverb
as well
also
christ
the title, also treated as a name, given to Jesus of Nazareth (see Jesus) .
exclam.
an oath used to express irritation, dismay, or surprise.
Christhood |-ˌho͝od | noun ,
Christlike |-ˌlīk | adjective ,
Christly adjective
holy
1 dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred:
2 or used in exclamations of surprise or dismay:
holily |ˈhōləlē | adverb
thirst
a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something:
verb
(of a person or animal) feel a need to drink something.
suffer
1 experience or be subjected to (something bad or unpleasant):
2 tolerate:
sufferable |ˈsəf(ə)rəbəl | adjective ,
sufferer |ˈsəf(ə)rər | noun suffer ( sense 1)
rationally
1 based on or in accordance with reason or logic:
2 Mathematics (of a number, quantity, or expression) expressible, or containing quantities that are expressible, as a ratio of whole numbers. When expressed as a decimal, a rational number has a finite or recurring expansion.
noun Mathematics
a rational number.
rationality |ˌraSHəˈnalətē | noun ,
rationally |ˈraSHənl-ē, ˈraSHnəlē | adverb
tranquilizer
a medicinal drug taken to reduce tension or anxiety.
exhort
strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something:
exhortative |-tətiv | adjective ,
exhortatory |-təˌtôrē | adjective ,
exhorter noun
above all
1 in extended space over and not touching:
2 at a higher level or layer than:
3 higher than (a specified amount, rate, or norm):
adverb
at a higher level or layer:
drawn
past participle of draw.
adjective
(of a person or a person’s face) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain:
take in
- To grant admittance to; receive as a guest or an employee.
- To reduce in size; make smaller or shorter: took in the waist on the pair of pants.
- To include or constitute.
- To understand: couldn’t take in the meaning of the word.
- To deceive or swindle: was taken in by a confidence artist.
- To look at thoroughly; view: took in the sights.
- To accept (work) to be done in one’s house for pay: took in typing.
- To convey (a prisoner) to a police station.
incredible
1 impossible to believe:
2 difficult to believe; extraordinary:
incredibility |-ˌkredəˈbilitē | noun
usage: Believability is at the heart of both incredible and incredulous, but there is an important distinction in the respective uses of these two adjectives. Incredible means ‘unbelievable’ or ‘not convincing’ and can be applied to a situation, statement, policy, or threat to a person: . Incredulous means ‘disinclined to believe, skeptical’—the opposite of , —and is usually applied to a person’s attitude: .
float
1 rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking:
2 move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift:
3 put forward (an idea) as a suggestion or test of reactions.
4 (of a currency) fluctuate freely in value in accordance with supply and demand in the financial markets:
noun
1 a thing that is buoyant in water, in particular:
2 a platform mounted on a truck and carrying a display in a parade:
3 a hand tool with a rectangular blade used for smoothing plaster or concrete.
4 a soft drink with a scoop of ice cream floating in it:
5 (in critical path analysis) the period of time by which the duration of an activity may be extended without affecting the overall time for the process.
sunk
past and past participle of sink1.
usage: See usage at sink1 .
sympathy
1 feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune:
2 understanding between people; common feeling:
Buddhist
a widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century bc .
infect
affect (a person, organism, cell, etc.) with a disease-causing organism:
infector |-ˈfektər | noun
gravy
1 the fat and juices exuding from meat during cooking.
2 unearned or unexpected money.
shark
1 a long-bodied chiefly marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton, a prominent dorsal fin, and toothlike scales. Most sharks are predatory, although the largest kinds feed on plankton.
[Several orders (or superorders) of the subclass Elasmobranchii: many families.]
2 a small Southeast Asian freshwater fish with a sharklike tail, popular in aquariums.
[Two species in the family Cyprinidae: the small red-tailed black shark (Labeo bicolor), and the larger black shark (Morulius chrysophekadion).]
3 a light grayish-brown European moth, the male of which has pale silvery hind wings.
[Genus Cucullia, family Noctuidae: several species, including C. umbratica.]
knife
a cutting instrument composed of a blade and a handle into which it is fixed, either rigidly or with a joint. verb stab (someone) with a knife. knifelike |-ˌlīk | adjective , knifer noun
