Island of the Blue Dolphins: Vocabulary chapters 19-22
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 enemy | - someone who hates and wants to destroy |
| shimmer | - to shine with a faint flicker |
| necklace | - an ornament worn around the neck |
| harbor | - a place where ships shelter or unload their cargo |
| oval | - having the shape of an egg |
| peer | - to narrowly stare or examine intensely |
| tangle | - to mix, twist, or unite in a confused manner |
| reef | - a strip of rock or coral close to the ocean |
| leeches | - any group of blood sucking parasites |
| ledge | - a narrow horizontal surface |
| flake | - a thin piece of anything |
| loops | - a circle of any length |
| admire | - to regard someone or something with pleasure or approval |
| broad | - wide; spacious |
| pierced | - to cut with a sharp instrument; stab |
| lapped | - to lie partly over something else |
| secret | - hidden or kept from knowledge |
| gesture | - to express or direct by a motion |
| images | - a picture in the mind |
| pelican | - a large water bird with a pouch beneath its beak |
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