Lord of the Flies Vocabulary

Match the following

• timid, scared

• ravenous

• unjustly harsh; causing discomfort

• tremulous

• indefinite in nature, shape, or form

• vague

• war-like

• oppressive

• greedily hungry

• belligerent

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

• to make or use gestures when speaking

• gesticulate

• not easily understood

• perceptible

• a crude representation of one who is hated

• inscrutable

• capable of being known or understood

• lament

• to express sorrow

• effigy

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

• of or resembling a storm or tumult

• interminable

• wishing evil or harm to others

• tacit

• unspoken

• chastise

• to punish

• malevolent

• having no apparent end

• tempestuous

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following

• to blend

• daunting

• open to being hurt

• impervious

• incapable of being entered/pierced

• assimilate

• a hidden or secret place/operation

• covert

• overwhelming

• vulnerable

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

• rebel against authority

• frenzy

• nervousness

• apprehension

• wild excitement

• contemptuous

• forceful; decisive

• mutinous

• scornful

• emphatic

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

• fat, obese

• derisive

• a comic imitation of something

• parody

• to stick out

• protrude

• inclination to doubt goodness

• corpulent

• mocking or ridiculing

• cynicism

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

• when distant objects seem blurry

• ensconce

• holiness of a person, place, or thing

• unquenchable

• not able to be satisfied

• somber

• to enclose

• sanctity

• dark, gloomy, sad

• myopia

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Match the following

• freedom

• liberation

• to express disapproval

• composite

• a line of troops to guard

• ululation

• a repeating howl or wail

• rebuke

• made of distinct parts

• cordon

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

• an object believed to be magical

• truculent

• savagely brutal

• writing

• strong as an elephant

• talisman

• ridiculous in a negative way

• elephantine

• twisting in pain

• ludicrous

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

• strident

• loud, harsh sound

• motif

• to offer a counter accusation

• martyr

• one willing to die for a cause

• incredulous

• can't believe is true

• recrimination

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9