Vocabulary • Ch 12 - Lord of the Flies • Fill in the blanks

She spent hours carefully composing her masterpiece.

• balk

• utter

• compose

• hamper

She had a lot of experience in the field; _________, she was highly recommended by her colleagues.

• excruciating

• moreover

• fathom

• goad

She made a _________ plan to meet him for lunch.

• tentative

• obscure

• acrid

• goad

The _________ smell of burning rubber filled the air after the car accident.

• utter

• hamper

• acrid

• volley

She refused to proceed with the project, _________ing at the idea of its potential failure.

• ridicule

• goad

• balk

• utter

The child would _________ in fear during the thunderstorm.

• hamper

• balk

• acrid

• cower

The professor asked the students to _________ on their research findings.

• hamper

• elaborate

• compose

• continuous

The pain was _________.

• excruciating

• fleeting

• fathom

• acrid

I couldn't _________ the depth of her sorrow.

• hamper

• fathom

• acrid

• tentative

The crowd's taunts were used to _________ the team into victory.

• balk

• elaborate

• goad

• distend