Life of Pi

Question 1

raise

Answer 1

bring up (a child):

Question 2

clear the water out

Answer 2

to remove and sort the contents of (a room, container water, etc.)

Question 3

beyond

Answer 3

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:

Question 4

commemoration

Answer 4

remembrance, typically expressed in a ceremony:

Question 5

botanical

Answer 5

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

Question 6

magical

Answer 6

1 relating to, using, or resembling magic:
2 beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life:
magically adverb

Question 7

as well

Answer 7

also

Question 8

christ

Answer 8

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

Question 9

holy

Answer 9

1 dedicated or consecrated to God or a religious purpose; sacred:
2 or used in exclamations of surprise or dismay:
holily |ˈhōləlē | adverb

Question 10

thirst

Answer 10

a feeling of needing or wanting to drink something:
verb
(of a person or animal) feel a need to drink something.

Question 11

suffer

Answer 11

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)

Question 12

rationally

Answer 12

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

Question 13

tranquilizer

Answer 13

a medicinal drug taken to reduce tension or anxiety.

Question 14

exhort

Answer 14

strongly encourage or urge (someone) to do something:
exhortative |-tətiv | adjective ,
exhortatory |-təˌtôrē | adjective ,
exhorter noun

Question 15

above all

Answer 15

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:

Question 16

drawn

Answer 16

past participle of draw.
adjective
(of a person or a person’s face) looking strained from illness, exhaustion, anxiety, or pain:

Question 17

take in

Answer 17

1. To grant admittance to; receive as a guest or an employee.
2. To reduce in size; make smaller or shorter: took in the waist on the pair of pants.
3. To include or constitute.
4. To understand: couldn’t take in the meaning of the word.
5. To deceive or swindle: was taken in by a confidence artist.
6. To look at thoroughly; view: took in the sights.
7. To accept (work) to be done in one’s house for pay: took in typing.
8. To convey (a prisoner) to a police station.

Question 18

incredible

Answer 18

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: .

Question 19

float

Answer 19

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.

Question 20

sunk

Answer 20

past and past participle of sink1.

usage: See usage at sink1 .

Question 21

sympathy

Answer 21

1 feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune:

2 understanding between people; common feeling:

Question 22

Buddhist

Answer 22

a widespread Asian religion or philosophy, founded by Siddartha Gautama in northeastern India in the 5th century bc .

Question 23

infect

Answer 23

affect (a person, organism, cell, etc.) with a disease-causing organism:
infector |-ˈfektər | noun

Question 24

gravy

Answer 24

1 the fat and juices exuding from meat during cooking.

2 unearned or unexpected money.

Question 25

shark

Answer 25

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.]

Question 26

knife

Answer 26

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