Vocabulary 3

Vocabulary Words part 3

“Just a moment, please. Atsuro, with all due respect for your uncle who lives in the country near Hita-Gun, we´re not here to talk idly about botany.”(p 295)

1. Idly: (adjective), not active, worthless.

“What are scimitars?” (p 298)

2. Scimitars: (noun) curved sword.

“Like he hasn’t already stolen our whole lunch. Soon he´ll be demanding tempura.” (p 298)

3. Tempura: (noun) Japanese dish of deep-fried vegetables pr seafood.

“Two blind people in two separate lifeboats meeting up in the pacific – the coincidence seems a little far- fetched, no?” (p 299)

4. Fetched: (adjective) damned.

“We have no proof they were meerkat bones.” (p 300)

5. Meerkat: small, burrowing South African carnivore.

“They could be mongooses.” (p 300)

6. Mongooses: carnivorous animal of Asia.

“Find yourself a forensic zoologist.” (p 301)

7. Forensic: (adjective) of or used in courts of law or in public debate.

“I know what you want. You want a story that won´t surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won´t make you see higher or further or differently. You want a flat story. An immobile story. You want dry, yeastless factuality.” (p 302)

8. Yeastless: (noun) fungus causing fermentation, used in brewing alcoholic beverages and as a leaven in baking bread.

“His right leg was badly broken at the tight. The bone stuck out of his flesh. He screamed with pain. We set his leg as best we could and we made sure he was eating and drinking. But his leg became infected. Thought we drained it of pus every day, it got worse. His foot became black and bloated.” (p 304)

9. Tight: (adjective), firmly fixed in place.

10. Flesh: (noun), the muscle and fat of an animal body.