Vocabulary
Characters
Vocabulary 2
Characters 2
Vocabulary 3
100

A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit

What is thwart?

100

Santiago

Who is the old man?

100

Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors

What is iridescent?

100

Manolin

Who is the boy?

100

Calm; quiet

What is placid?

200

Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior

What is humility?
200

DiMaggio

Who is a baseball great?

200

Units of length equal to six feet

What are fathoms?

200

Marlin

What is the big fish?

200

Something disposed to do evil; highly injurious

What is malignancy?

300

To carry on through despite hardships

What is endures?

300

Martin

Who is the pub/restaurant owner?

300

Characterized by or suggestive of doing good

What is benevolent?

300

Pedrico

Who is the one Santiago gave the fish head to?

300

An animal that feeds on decaying matter

What is a scavenger?

400

To form, plan, or arrange in one's mind; design or contrive

What is devise?

400

Bonito

What is a kind of tuna?

400

Lowering the pride, dignity or self-respect

What is humiliating?

400

El Campeon

What is a nickname for the old man?

400

Not affected by a given influence; unresponsive

What is immune?

500
Disfigured beyond repair

What is mutilated?

500

Marlin

What kind of fish was the big fish?

500

Began; started

What is commenced?

500

Martin

Who is the pub/restaurant owner?

500

Unbearable

What is intolerable?

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