Lord of the Flies Vocabulary: Chapters 4-6

Front

Tightly drawn; tense; not slack

Back

taut

Front

The tip, point, or vertex

Back

apex

Front

To leave out of account; disregard

Back

discounted

Front

In a way that shows a lack of confidence in one’s ability, worth, or fitness

Back

diffidently

Front

The act of expressing grief

Back

lamentation

Front

The act, practice, or art of mimicking

Back

mimicry

Front

Unavailing; futile

Back

ineffectual

Front

A warlike or aggressively hostile nature, condition, or attitude

Back

belligerence

Front

Something suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood

Back

implications

Front

To sink to a low or lower level

Back

subsided