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Lord of the Flies Vocab Ch. 1-3

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

entangled vines that grow all over the island the boys are stranded on

a)

Conch

b)

Creepers

c)

Bastion

d)

Festoon

2.

To hold something out for someone to take, to offer a suggestion

a)

Specious

b)

Matins

c)

Proffer

d)

Precentor

3.

A bursting forth or flowering

a)

Enmity

b)

Suffusion

c)

Effulgence

d)

Efflorescence

4.

Misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive, deceptive

a)

Specious

b)

Strident

c)

Gaudy

d)

Tacit

5.

Radiant splendor: brilliance

a)

Clambering

b)

Errant

c)

Recrimination

d)

Effulgence

6.

Which word best fits into the sentence?


The doctors were _____ the baby in blankets.

a)

Furtive

b)

Swathing

c)

Swathes

d)

Declivities

7.

A spiral shell that Ralph often uses as a horn to call meetings

a)

Togs

b)

Vicissitudes

c)

Conch

d)

Hiatus

8.

the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.

a)

strident

b)

matins

c)

furtive

d)

enmity

9.

loud and harsh; grating

a)

strident

b)

precentor

c)

conch

d)

efflorescence

10.

a service of morning prayer in various churches

a)

pallidly

b)

matins

c)

enmity

d)

swathing

11.

A person who directs a church choir or congregation in singing.

a)

suffusion

b)

pliant

c)

precentor

d)

immured

12.

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive

a)

suffusion

b)

furtive

c)

enmity

d)

swathing

13.

in a manner lacking interest or vitality

a)

pallidly

b)

togs

c)

bastion

d)

hiatus

14.

to spread or flush over, or across; or: to become overspread as with a fluid, a color, a gleam of light

a)

bastion

b)

suffusion

c)

furtive

d)

induced

15.

Informal term for clothes/clothing

a)

gesticulated

b)

exasperation

c)

conch

d)

togs

16.

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

a)

pliant

b)

hiatus

c)

errant

d)

clambering

17.

enclose or confine (someone) against their will

a)

recrimination

b)

assented

c)

immured

d)

officious

18.

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

a)

festoon

b)

gaudy

c)

hiatus

d)

bastion

19.

a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.

a)

bastion

b)

hiatus

c)

tacit

d)

assented

20.

to make gestures (hand or body movements) while speaking or to express something

a)

exasperation

b)

conspiratorial

c)

gesticulated

d)

declivities

21.

to persuade somebody to do something

a)

immured

b)

assented

c)

officious

d)

induced

22.

irritation, frustration. incredulity. doubt about the truth of something; disbelief

a)

pallidly

b)

exasperation

c)

precentor

d)

recrimination

23.

relating to or suggestive of a secret plan made by a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful

a)

conspiratorial

b)

errant

c)

susurration

d)

enmity

24.

deviating from the regular or proper course; straying

a)

inscutably

b)

tacit

c)

errant

d)

gaudy

25.

eager enjoyment or approval

a)

efflorescence

b)

effulgence

c)

vicissitudes

d)

ebullience

26.

climbing clumsily using hands and feet

a)

matins

b)

clambering

c)

furtive

d)

precentor

27.

What is the defintion of the word, "swathes" ?

a)

a piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped in

b)

chain, flowers or similar molded ornament made to look like a garland

c)

whispering, murmuring, or rustling

d)

a downward slope or bend

28.

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

a)

recrimination

b)

creepers

c)

festoon

d)

officious

29.

to express agreement — especially with a statement or proposal to do something

a)

pallidly

b)

togs

c)

assented

d)

bastion

30.

the act of accusing in return; opposing another charge

a)

accusation

b)

vicissitudes

c)

allegation

d)

recrimination

31.

chain, flowers or similar molded ornament made to look like a garland

a)

hankering

b)

matins

c)

festoon

d)

enmity

32.

extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless

a)

gaudy

b)

proffer

c)

conch

d)

pliant

33.

a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

a)

declivities

b)

effulgence

c)

vicissitudes

d)

immured

34.

Which word best represents the picture?

a)

bastion

b)

pliant

c)

declivity

d)

matins

35.

understood or implied without being stated

a)

tacit

b)

inferred

c)

errant

d)

immured

36.

in a way that does not show emotions or thoughts and therefore is very difficult to understand or get to know

a)

conspiratorial

b)

specious

c)

inscrutably

d)

introverted

37.

whispering, murmuring, or rustling

a)

gesticulate

b)

suffusion

c)

ebullience

d)

susurration