4th Grade Island of the Blue Dolphins Vocabulary Ch.21-25

Vocabulary Words in Ch. 21-25

Giddy ProwSmelt FledglingTeetering CircletQuiver UrgedYucca Fortunate

What do we call a small fish having oily flesh?

Smelt

What is another name for a young bird?

Fledgling

What do we call a case for holding arrows?

Quiver

What do we call a plant with pointed, usually rigid, sword-shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy

flowers?

Yucca

What do we call the forward part of a boat or ship?

Prow

What is another word for receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky?

Fortunate

What is another word for encouraged; pushed or forced?

Urged

What is another word for standing or walking unsteadily?

Teetering

What do we call a ring shaped ornament, especially for the head?

Circlet

What is another word for silly, light-hearted or foolish?

Giddy