Lord of the Flies Ch. 10-12 Vocab PRACTICE

judge to be probable

(figuring something out to its conclusion)

• reckon

• torrid

• daunt

• speculation

extremely hot

• torrid

• ungainly

• woebegone

• parry

take up mentally

(making or becoming a part of)

• assimilate

• talisman

• inquisitive

• goad

characterized by a firm, sincere belief in one's opinions

• earnest

• myopia

• parry

• speculation

cause to lose courage

• daunt

• cessation

• conviction

• earnest

a hypothesis that has been formed by conjecturing (not knowing all the facts)

• speculation

• multitudinous

• talisman

• conviction

lacking grace in movement or posture

• ungainly

• woebegone

• falter

• acrid

an unshakeable belief in something without need for proof

• conviction

• inimical

• ululation

• acrid

affected by or full of grief

• woebegone

• essay

• acrid

• cessation

eyesight abnormality in which distant objects appear blurred

• myopia

• parry

• ululation

• inimical