Lord of the Flies Ch. 4 Vocabulary

Which word most closely means: "naturally having skin of a darker color"?

• sinewy

• moon

• swarthy

• strew

Maddie _ in fear.

Which word best completes the sentence?

• blundered

• loomed

• quivered

• throbbed

What does "moon" mean?

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• be idle in a listless or dreamy way

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

Jack acted in a malevolent way towards others.

What does malevolent mean?

• wishing or appearing to wish evil to others

• perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon

Nathan was _ at how rude his younger brother was to a relative.

Which word best completes the sentence?

• baffled

• whelmed

• blatant

• appalled

The enemy's army loomed in the distance.

What does "loom" most closely mean?

• shake with fast, tremulous movements

• wear off or die down

• spread by scattering

• come into view indistinctly, often threateningly

Eventually the rumbling _, signaling that the earthquake was over.

Which word best completes the sentence?

• strewed

• whelmed

• subsided

• throbbed

Stelle couldn't ignore Pompom's blatant desire for fruit tarts.

What does blatant most closely mean?

• completely obvious

• secretive, furtive

• perplexed

• none of the above

Which word most closely means "overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli?

• blatant

• quiver

• whelm

• moon

We had to be careful not to trip over the many empty boxes strewn across the floor.

What does strewn mean?

• making one's way clumsily or blindly

• spread by scattering

• pulsating or pounding with abnormal force

• coming into view indistinctly