Lord of the Flies Vocabulary

Match the following

• war-like

• belligerent

• indefinite in nature, shape, or form

• ravenous

• unjustly harsh; causing discomfort

• tremulous

• timid, scared

• oppressive

• greedily hungry

• vague

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 make or use gestures when speaking

• lament

• to express sorrow

• gesticulate

• a crude representation of one who is hated

• perceptible

• capable of being known or understood

• inscrutable

• not easily understood

• effigy

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

• having no apparent end

• interminable

• to punish

• tacit

• of or resembling a storm or tumult

• tempestuous

• wishing evil or harm to others

• malevolent

• unspoken

• chastise

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

• incapable of being entered/pierced

• covert

• overwhelming

• vulnerable

• to blend

• daunting

• open to being hurt

• impervious

• a hidden or secret place/operation

• assimilate

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

• forceful; decisive

• emphatic

• wild excitement

• frenzy

• nervousness

• contemptuous

• scornful

• apprehension

• rebel against authority

• mutinous

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

• to stick out

• protrude

• inclination to doubt goodness

• derisive

• mocking or ridiculing

• parody

• fat, obese

• cynicism

• a comic imitation of something

• corpulent

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

• holiness of a person, place, or thing

• sanctity

• not able to be satisfied

• somber

• when distant objects seem blurry

• myopia

• to enclose

• unquenchable

• dark, gloomy, sad

• ensconce

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

• a repeating howl or wail

• liberation

• a line of troops to guard

• ululation

• freedom

• rebuke

• made of distinct parts

• composite

• to express disapproval

• cordon

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

• twisting in pain

• ludicrous

• savagely brutal

• truculent

• an object believed to be magical

• elephantine

• strong as an elephant

• talisman

• ridiculous in a negative way

• 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

• can't believe is true

• recrimination

• repeating subject or theme

• martyr

• one willing to die for a cause

• incredulous

• to offer a counter accusation

• motif

• loud, harsh sound

• strident

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9