Vocabulary PowerPoint

Antarctic Journal: Four Months at the Bottom of the World

By: Jennifer Owings Dewey

display

The natural world is full of glorious scenes, such as the display of wildlife.

Display - show

alert

These animals are alert. They are wide awake and ready to take

action.

Alert - aware

standards

By these polar bears’ standards, or ways of measuring, cold air might be comfortable.

Standards – levels used to compare

vision

Artists can have a vision, or mental image, of how to paint a

scene from nature.

Vision – a mental image of what something could

be like

Huddle

Baby goslings often huddle, or crowd, together to stay warm

while they nap.

Huddle – crowd together

Weariness

This bird can fly many miles. It may get tired, but it isn’t stopped by its weariness.

Weariness - tiredness

Fractured

In Antarctic, chunks of fractured, or broken, ice float

through the icy sea.

Fractured - broken

Graceful

The delicate design of a spider’s web is graceful and

pleasing to see.

Graceful - elegant

Stranded

This fawn may seem stranded, or left helpless. Its mother is

nearby, though.

Stranded – left helpless

Concluded

Many people have concluded, or decided, that nature is full

of beauty.

Concluded – formed an opinion