Vocabulary • Ch 2 - Lord of the Flies • Definitions

What word means a place where people are buried?

• grave

• interpret

• gesticulate

• tumult

What word means to make known or communicate something?

• competent

• convey

• exasperated

• heed

What is the definition of 'gesticulate'?

• Stretched or pulled tight

• Skilled or capable of doing something well

• To pay attention and listen carefully

• To use hand movements to communicate

What word means stretched or pulled tight?

• interpret

• martyr

• gesticulate

• taut

What is the definition of 'interpret'?

• To make someone do something

• To explain or understand the meaning of something

• To use hand movements to communicate

• A long, angry speech or rant

What word means to pay attention and listen carefully?

• heed

• competent

• ebullient

• scorn

What word means to make someone do something?

• compel

• recriminations

• tirade

• competent

What word means to speak or write easily and smoothly?

• fluent

• tumult

• competent

• interpret

What word means to make it harder to do something?

• martyr

• induce

• tirade

• hinder

What is the definition of 'exasperated'?

• Extremely annoyed or frustrated

• To make it harder to do something

• To feel or show contempt or disapproval

• Stretched or pulled tight