Life Of Pi Vocabulary For All Chapters

Front 1

Agnostic

Back 1

a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience.

Front 2

Bamboozle

Back 2

to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like;

Front 3

atheist

Back 3

a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings

Front 4

Indolence

Back 4

having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful

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Anarchy

Back 5

a state of society without government or law.

Front 6

Alpha

Back 6

The first letter of the Greek alphapet. The alpha male of a pack (highest order)

Front 7

Omega

Back 7

the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet

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Existential

Back 8

pertaining to existence.

Front 9

Avatar

Back 9

Hindu Mythology. the descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form or some manifest shape; the incarnation of a god.

2. an embodiment or personification

Front 10

Cryptic

Back 10

secret , occult
2. having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning

Front 11

Diconsolate

Back 11

Cheerless, rejected.

Front 12

Malaise

Back 12

an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness

Front 13

Diurnal

Back 13

reocurring every day, daily cycle

Front 14

Affronted

Back 14

To insult intentionally, especially openly.
To confront

Front 15

Archipelago

Back 15

A chain of islands surrounded by a body of water

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Vestiges

Back 16

A visible trace, evidence, or sign of something that once existed but exists or appears no more

Front 17

Olfactory

Back 17

of or pertaining to the sense of smell

Front 18

Verbatim

Back 18

in exactly the same words; word for word

Front 19

Copiously

Back 19

large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful

Front 20

Crux

Back 20

a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point. a cross

Front 21

apoplectic

Back 21

a sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel. Stroke.

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precarious

Back 22

dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; unstable; insecure

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amorous

Back 23

inclined or disposed to love, esp. sexual love

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ensconced

Back 24

to settle securely or snugly

Front 25

prototype

Back 25

the original or model on which something is based or formed

Front 26

expirations

Back 26

a coming to an end; termination; close

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simians

Back 27

An ape or a monkey.

Front 28

virulent

Back 28

actively poisonous; intensely noxious

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remonstrations

Back 29

to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval

Front 30

leviathan

Back 30

any huge marine animal, as the whale. A biblical sea monster

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euphoria

Back 31

a feeling of happiness, confidence, or well-being sometimes exaggerated in pathological states as mania

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corroded

Back 32

to eat or wear away gradually as if by gnawing, esp. by chemical action

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surreptitiously

Back 33

obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized

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insouciant

Back 34

free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree; nonchalant.

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befuddled

Back 35

to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments

Front 36

conundrum

Back 36

a riddle, the answer to which involves a pun or play on words

Front 37

sentient

Back 37

having the power of perception by the senses; conscious.

Front 38

ambit

Back 38

circumference; circuit

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plight

Back 39

condition, state, or situation, esp. an unfavorable or unfortunate one