Lord of the Flies Chapters 7 - 9 Vocabulary

to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet

• wallow

• rueful

• impervious

• flounder

• clamber

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

to indulge oneself in an unrestrained way

• wallow

• rueful

• impervious

• flounder

• clamber

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

incapable of being damaged or harmed

• wallow

• rueful

• impervious

• flounder

• clamber

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

pitiable

• wallow

• rueful

• impervious

• flounder

• clamber

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

to struggle to move or obtain footing

• wallow

• rueful

• impervious

• flounder

• clamber

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

“Here and there they could _______ over wave-wet rock, leaping across clear pools that the tide had left” (Golding 116).

• clamber

• flounder

• wallow

Answer explanation

To clamber mans to climb awkwardly, especially using the hands and feet.

Clamber makes sense here because it describes how the boys are climbing over the sick rocks when they don't have a good handle on them.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“Then they lay quiet, panting, listening to Robert's frightened snivels. He wiped his face with a dirty arm, and made an effort to retrieve his status.

'Oh, my bum!'

He rubbed his rump ________” (Golding 115).

• imperviously

• ruefully

• soddenly

• tremulously

Answer explanation

Rueful means pitiable.

Ruefully makes sense in this context because Robert wants to make the other boys pity him for getting hurt in their reenactment of the hunt.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

“[Ralph] would like to have a pair of scissors and cut his hair - he flung the mass back - cut this filthy hair right back to half an inch. He would like to have a bath, a proper ______ with soap” (Golding 109).

• clamber

• flounder

• wallow

Answer explanation

To wallow means to overindulge oneself.

Wallow makes sense in this context because Ralph is tired of being dirty and unkempt on the island. He wants nothing more than to clean himself up.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

“So they sat, the rocking, tapping, __________ Roger and Ralph, fuming; round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched up a hole of blackness” (Golding 121).

• impervious

• rueful

• sodden

• tremulous

Answer explanation

Impervious means unable to be harmed.

Impervious makes sense in this context because Roger is rocking and tapping his head against the trunk of the tree without being harmed.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

“The boar was ___________ away from them” (Golding 113).

• clambering

• floundering

• wallowing

Answer explanation

To flounder means to struggle to move or obtain footing because of thrashing.

Floundering makes sense here because it describes how the boar is moving after being struck by Ralph's spear.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4