Vocabulary Words Quiz

Vocabulary Words

• Abundant: plentiful or existing in large quantities.
• Amoral: existing outside the definitions of right and wrong.
• Disconsolately: in a manner that expresses hopelessness or misery.
• Infernal: resembling hell or characterized by intense torment.
• Chimera: a creation of the imagination; an illusion or fabrication.
• Conjecture: forming a conclusion or opinion based on incomplete information; a guess.
• Consternation: feelings of anxiety or dismay, often at something unexpected.
• Copiously: in a manner that is abundant or overflowing.
• Diurnal: active during the daytime as opposed to nocturnal.
• Euphoria: a feeling of extreme happiness or well-being.
• Gait: a particular way or style of walking.
• Laden: heavily loaded or burdened.
• Multitude: a large number or variety of things or people.
• Olfactory: relating to the sense of smell.
• Pliable: adaptable and easily bent; flexible.
• Porosity: the quality of being porous; ability to absorb.
• Rote: a mechanical or habitual repetition of something without understanding.
• Symbiotic: denoting a mutually beneficial relationship between different entities.
• Vagaries: unpredictable or erratic behaviors or occurrences.

Key Plot Points

• Pi experiences deep sorrow regarding his inability to care for Richard Parker during his deterioration.
• Pi’s lowest point of suffering is marked by his blindness.
• A significant conversation occurs between Pi and a French castaway, initiated by discussing food.
• The French castaway reveals he killed two people in a struggle for survival, showing no regret, indicating the brutality of the situation.
• The French survivor, who turns out to be blind, also becomes a source of trauma for Pi, as Richard Parker kills him.
• Pi alleviates his blindness through tears and rinsing his eyes with seawater.
• He utilizes the flesh of the French cook both as bait and as a food source, showcasing his desperate survival instincts.
• An algae island is discovered, proving crucial for Pi's survival due to its freshwater and food sources.
• The island features vegetation and an unexpected presence of meerkats, which Pi grows attached to for companionship.
• The freshwater ponds on the island exist because the algae desalinates seawater.
• Richard Parker continues to hunt despite not being hungry due to instinctual behavior accumulated from prolonged hunger.
• Pi is concerned about Richard Parker’s territorial instincts towards humans on the island.
• The nature of Pi and Richard Parker's relationship shifts: on the lifeboat, Pi is dominant, whereas on the island he feels anxious about Richard’s potential hostility.
• Each fruit on the island contains a tooth, revealing its carnivorous nature and threatening Pi’s survival.
• Pi decides to leave the island after recognizing its danger, despite the initial comfort it provided.
• The author’s choice to keep the chapters together emphasizes continuity and depth in the narrative, allowing for greater focus on Pi’s journey.
• Symbolically, the island represents faith and temptation, mirroring the Garden of Eden with its offerings and dangers, ultimately leading to Pi's decision to reject easy faith in favor of survival.