LORD OF THE FLIES Vocabulary Ch 1

Ch. 1:

When the boys shove boulders off of the cliffs as they explore, they use a stick to move the massive rocks. What is the point or support on which a lever pivots called?

• A fulcrum

• A vortex

• An axis point

• A crag

Ch. 1:

(adj.). Deceptively attractive. Having the ring of truth or plausibility, but actually fallacious (false).

• Specious

• Mirage

• Pallid

• Decorous

Ch. 1:

(n). A structure, such as a pier, that projects into a body of water; a wharf

• Scree

• Jetty

• Crag

• Fulcrum

Ch. 1:

Several of the boys are fair complected, but it's another thing for the color to drain from your face entirely. What is the term from our Ch. 1 list for having an abnormally pale complexion?

• Insipid

• Bleached

• Pallid

• Faded

CH.1:

(n). A brilliant radiance

• Effulgence

• Pallid

• Suffusion

• Swathing

Ch. 1:

(n). A state or time of flowering; a gradual process of unfolding or developing

• Efflorescence

• Decorous

• Swathing

• Suffusion

Ch. 1:  (n). Deep-seated, often mutual hatred.

• Enmity

• Consternation

• Decorum

• Bastion

Ch. 1:

(n). A shallow body of water, especially one separated from the sea by sandbars or coral reefs.

• Scree

• Effulgence

• Lagoon

• Mirage

Ch. 1:

(n). Something illusory or insubstantial; an optical phenomenon.

• Scree

• Bastion

• Festoon

• Mirage

Ch. 1:

(adj.). Characterized by or exhibiting proper behavior.

• Ebullience

• Decorous

• Effulgence

• Enmity