Acad. Reading 7 - Martin
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________________ Period: _______
Directions: Locate each key word in the text “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”, write context clues for the word and the
definition (located in the foot notes).
Key Vocabulary Word
immensely
cowered
valiant
impotent
consolation
bungalow
draggled
Context Clues in the Text
Definition from the Textbook
p. 17 They gave him a little piece of raw meat.
Rikki-Tikki liked it immensely
enormously
p. 18 Darzee and his wife only cowered down in
the without answering, for from the thick grass at
the foot of the brush there came a low hiss
crouched and trembled in fear
p. 23 Nag is dead; the valiant Rikki-tikki caught
him by the head and held fast.
brave and determined
p. 28 Terror that hid in the roses is impotent
flung on the dunghill and dead!
powerless
p. 24 it may be some consolation to you when
you’re dead to know that I shall settle accounts
with the boy
comfort
p. 16 Rikki-Tikki-tavi fought single-handed,
through the bathrooms of the big bungalow
*Illustration with caption
In India, a low one-storied house
p. 17 when he revived, he was lying in the hot
sun in the middle of the garden path, very
draggled.; “Let’s take him and pat him dry”
wet and muddy, as if from being
dragged around
Key Vocabulary Word
Context Clues in the Text
veranda
p. 17 he went out on into the veranda and sat
in the sunshine
open porch covered by a roof, running
along the outside of a building
p. 21 he was crawling into the bathroom
sluice; pulled out to make a sluice for the
bathwater
drain
p. 20 he had saved Teddy from death and
Teddy’s father said that he was a providence
favor or gift from God or nature
p. 20 peculiar rocking, swaying motion; so
perfectly balanced gait that you can fly off at
any angle
way of walking or running
masonry
p. 21 stole in by the masonry curb where the
bath is put
something built of stone or brick
purchase
p. 22 this gave him one second’s purchase,
and he made the most of it.
firm hold
p. 24 he found 25 eggs about the size of a
bantam’s eggs but with whitish skins instead of
shells
small chickens
p. 28 doubled the joys that I know – proud of
my lilt to the sky
song
sluice
providence
gait
bantam
lilt
Definition from the Textbook