Lord of the Flies Vocabulary

Match the following

• timid, scared

• ravenous

• indefinite in nature, shape, or form

• oppressive

• war-like

• tremulous

• greedily hungry

• vague

• unjustly harsh; causing discomfort

• belligerent

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• not easily understood

• perceptible

• to express sorrow

• effigy

• a crude representation of one who is hated

• inscrutable

• capable of being known or understood

• gesticulate

• to make or use gestures when speaking

• lament

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• unspoken

• tacit

• having no apparent end

• malevolent

• wishing evil or harm to others

• interminable

• of or resembling a storm or tumult

• tempestuous

• to punish

• chastise

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• a hidden or secret place/operation

• assimilate

• overwhelming

• daunting

• incapable of being entered/pierced

• impervious

• to blend

• vulnerable

• open to being hurt

• covert

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• nervousness

• emphatic

• forceful; decisive

• contemptuous

• rebel against authority

• frenzy

• scornful

• apprehension

• wild excitement

• mutinous

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following

• a comic imitation of something

• cynicism

• fat, obese

• corpulent

• to stick out

• parody

• inclination to doubt goodness

• derisive

• mocking or ridiculing

• protrude

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• when distant objects seem blurry

• somber

• to enclose

• sanctity

• holiness of a person, place, or thing

• myopia

• dark, gloomy, sad

• unquenchable

• not able to be satisfied

• ensconce

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• made of distinct parts

• cordon

• a repeating howl or wail

• liberation

• freedom

• ululation

• to express disapproval

• composite

• a line of troops to guard

• rebuke

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• strong as an elephant

• elephantine

• an object believed to be magical

• talisman

• savagely brutal

• truculent

• ridiculous in a negative way

• ludicrous

• twisting in pain

• writing

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match the following

• loud, harsh sound

• strident

• to offer a counter accusation

• martyr

• one willing to die for a cause

• recrimination

• repeating subject or theme

• motif

• can't believe is true

• incredulous

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9