Vocabulary • Ch 12 - Lord of the Flies • Fill in the blanks

She spent hours carefully composing her masterpiece.

• compose

• excruciating

• goad

• tentative

She had a lot of experience in the field; _________, she was highly recommended by her colleagues.

• cower

• moreover

• elaborate

• ensconced

She made a _________ plan to meet him for lunch.

• ensconced

• acrid

• utter

• tentative

The _________ smell of burning rubber filled the air after the car accident.

• cower

• acrid

• distend

• utter

She refused to proceed with the project, _________ing at the idea of its potential failure.

• hamper

• excruciating

• balk

• continuous

The child would _________ in fear during the thunderstorm.

• volley

• continuous

• balk

• cower

The professor asked the students to _________ on their research findings.

• fleeting

• moreover

• acrid

• elaborate

The pain was _________.

• volley

• excruciating

• acrid

• compose

I couldn't _________ the depth of her sorrow.

• tentative

• obscure

• compose

• fathom

The crowd's taunts were used to _________ the team into victory.

• cower

• goad

• fleeting

• obscure