WorksheetsLord of the Flies Vocab Ch. 1-3
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
entangled vines that grow all over the island the boys are stranded on
Conch
Creepers
Bastion
Festoon
To hold something out for someone to take, to offer a suggestion
Specious
Matins
Proffer
Precentor
A bursting forth or flowering
Enmity
Suffusion
Effulgence
Efflorescence
Misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive, deceptive
Specious
Strident
Gaudy
Tacit
Radiant splendor: brilliance
Clambering
Errant
Recrimination
Effulgence
Which word best fits into the sentence?
The doctors were _____ the baby in blankets.
Furtive
Swathing
Swathes
Declivities
A spiral shell that Ralph often uses as a horn to call meetings
Togs
Vicissitudes
Conch
Hiatus
the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
strident
matins
furtive
enmity
loud and harsh; grating
strident
precentor
conch
efflorescence
a service of morning prayer in various churches
pallidly
matins
enmity
swathing
A person who directs a church choir or congregation in singing.
suffusion
pliant
precentor
immured
attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive
suffusion
furtive
enmity
swathing
in a manner lacking interest or vitality
pallidly
togs
bastion
hiatus
to spread or flush over, or across; or: to become overspread as with a fluid, a color, a gleam of light
bastion
suffusion
furtive
induced
Informal term for clothes/clothing
gesticulated
exasperation
conch
togs
capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
pliant
hiatus
errant
clambering
enclose or confine (someone) against their will
recrimination
assented
immured
officious
a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions
festoon
gaudy
hiatus
bastion
a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.
bastion
hiatus
tacit
assented
to make gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something
exasperation
conspiratorial
gesticulated
declivities
to persuade somebody to do something
immured
assented
officious
induced
irritation, frustration. incredulity. doubt about the truth of something; disbelief
pallidly
exasperation
precentor
recrimination
relating to or suggestive of a secret plan made by a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful
conspiratorial
errant
susurration
enmity
deviating from the regular or proper course; straying
inscutably
tacit
errant
gaudy
eager enjoyment or approval
efflorescence
effulgence
vicissitudes
ebullience
climbing clumsily using hands and feet
matins
clambering
furtive
precentor
What is the defintion of the word, "swathes" ?
a piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped in
chain, flowers or similar molded ornament made to look like a garland
whispering, murmuring, or rustling
a downward slope or bend
intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner
recrimination
creepers
festoon
officious
to express agreement — especially with a statement or proposal to do something
pallidly
togs
assented
bastion
the act of accusing in return; opposing another charge
accusation
vicissitudes
allegation
recrimination
chain, flowers or similar molded ornament made to look like a garland
hankering
matins
festoon
enmity
extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless
gaudy
proffer
conch
pliant
a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
declivities
effulgence
vicissitudes
immured
Which word best represents the picture?
bastion
pliant
declivity
matins
understood or implied without being stated
tacit
inferred
errant
immured
in a way that does not show emotions or thoughts and therefore is very difficult to understand or get to know
conspiratorial
specious
inscrutably
introverted
whispering, murmuring, or rustling
gesticulate
suffusion
ebullience
susurration
