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Lord of the Flies Chapters 7 - 9 Vocabulary

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet

a)

wallow

b)

rueful

c)

impervious

d)

flounder

e)

clamber

2.

to indulge oneself in an unrestrained way

a)

wallow

b)

rueful

c)

impervious

d)

flounder

e)

clamber

3.

incapable of being damaged or harmed

a)

wallow

b)

rueful

c)

impervious

d)

flounder

e)

clamber

4.

pitiable

a)

wallow

b)

rueful

c)

impervious

d)

flounder

e)

clamber

5.

to struggle to move or obtain footing

a)

wallow

b)

rueful

c)

impervious

d)

flounder

e)

clamber

6.

“Here and there they could _______ over wave-wet rock, leaping across clear pools that the tide had left” (Golding 116).

a)

clamber

b)

flounder

c)

wallow

7.

“Then they lay quiet, panting, listening to Robert's frightened snivels. He wiped his face with a dirty arm, and made an effort to retrieve his status.

'Oh, my bum!'

He rubbed his rump ________” (Golding 115).

a)

imperviously

b)

ruefully

c)

soddenly

d)

tremulously

8.

“[Ralph] would like to have a pair of scissors and cut his hair - he flung the mass back - cut this filthy hair right back to half an inch. He would like to have a bath, a proper ______ with soap” (Golding 109).

a)

clamber

b)

flounder

c)

wallow

9.

“So they sat, the rocking, tapping, __________ Roger and Ralph, fuming; round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched up a hole of blackness” (Golding 121).

a)

impervious

b)

rueful

c)

sodden

d)

tremulous

10.

“The boar was ___________ away from them” (Golding 113).

a)

clambering

b)

floundering

c)

wallowing

11.

soaked through

a)

tremulous

b)

sodden

c)

sanctity

d)

bravado

12.

the state of being holy, sacred, or saintly

a)

tremulous

b)

sodden

c)

sanctity

d)

bravado

13.

shaking or quivering slightly

a)

tremulous

b)

sodden

c)

sanctity

d)

bravado

14.

a false show of bravery

a)

tremulous

b)

sodden

c)

sanctity

d)

bravado

15.

“The wood [Piggy] fetched was close at hand, a fallen tree on the platform that they did not need for the assembly, yet to the others the ________ of the platform had protected even what was useless there” (Golding 130).

a)

sanctity

b)

bravado

16.

“Much of [the wood] was damply rotten and full of insects that scurried; logs had to be lifted from the soil with care or they crumbled into ______ powder” (Golding 130).

a)

impervious

b)

rueful

c)

sodden

d)

tremulous

17.

When Jack tried to overthrow Ralph as chief, “Jack’s voice went up, _________ yet determined, pushing against the unco-operative silence” (Golding 126).

a)

impervious

b)

rueful

c)

sodden

d)

tremulous

18.

"Ralph surprised himself, not so much by the quality of his voice, which was even, but by the __________ of its intention" (Golding 122).

a)

sanctity

b)

bravado