Lord of the Flies Vocabulary

Match the following

• indefinite in nature, shape, or form

• vague

• unjustly harsh; causing discomfort

• oppressive

• war-like

• belligerent

• greedily hungry

• tremulous

• timid, scared

• ravenous

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Match the following

• capable of being known or understood

• lament

• to express sorrow

• gesticulate

• a crude representation of one who is hated

• effigy

• to make or use gestures when speaking

• inscrutable

• not easily understood

• perceptible

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Match the following

• to punish

• tempestuous

• unspoken

• malevolent

• having no apparent end

• interminable

• of or resembling a storm or tumult

• chastise

• wishing evil or harm to others

• tacit

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Match the following

• incapable of being entered/pierced

• vulnerable

• overwhelming

• assimilate

• a hidden or secret place/operation

• covert

• open to being hurt

• impervious

• to blend

• daunting

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Match the following

• scornful

• mutinous

• wild excitement

• contemptuous

• rebel against authority

• apprehension

• nervousness

• emphatic

• forceful; decisive

• frenzy

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following

• mocking or ridiculing

• protrude

• a comic imitation of something

• parody

• to stick out

• corpulent

• fat, obese

• derisive

• inclination to doubt goodness

• cynicism

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

Match the following

• to enclose

• sanctity

• when distant objects seem blurry

• ensconce

• not able to be satisfied

• somber

• holiness of a person, place, or thing

• unquenchable

• dark, gloomy, sad

• myopia

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Match the following

• made of distinct parts

• rebuke

• to express disapproval

• liberation

• freedom

• composite

• a repeating howl or wail

• ululation

• a line of troops to guard

• cordon

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Match the following

• strong as an elephant

• truculent

• twisting in pain

• talisman

• savagely brutal

• ludicrous

• ridiculous in a negative way

• elephantine

• an object believed to be magical

• 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

• repeating subject or theme

• martyr

• loud, harsh sound

• strident

• to offer a counter accusation

• incredulous

• one willing to die for a cause

• motif

• can't believe is true

• recrimination

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9