WorksheetsLord of the Flies Chapters 7 - 9 Vocabulary
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet
wallow
rueful
impervious
flounder
clamber
to indulge oneself in an unrestrained way
wallow
rueful
impervious
flounder
clamber
incapable of being damaged or harmed
wallow
rueful
impervious
flounder
clamber
pitiable
wallow
rueful
impervious
flounder
clamber
to struggle to move or obtain footing
wallow
rueful
impervious
flounder
clamber
“Here and there they could _______ over wave-wet rock, leaping across clear pools that the tide had left” (Golding 116).
clamber
flounder
wallow
“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).
imperviously
ruefully
soddenly
tremulously
“[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).
clamber
flounder
wallow
“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).
impervious
rueful
sodden
tremulous
“The boar was ___________ away from them” (Golding 113).
clambering
floundering
wallowing
soaked through
tremulous
sodden
sanctity
bravado
the state of being holy, sacred, or saintly
tremulous
sodden
sanctity
bravado
shaking or quivering slightly
tremulous
sodden
sanctity
bravado
a false show of bravery
tremulous
sodden
sanctity
bravado
“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).
sanctity
bravado
“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).
impervious
rueful
sodden
tremulous
When Jack tried to overthrow Ralph as chief, “Jack’s voice went up, _________ yet determined, pushing against the unco-operative silence” (Golding 126).
impervious
rueful
sodden
tremulous
"Ralph surprised himself, not so much by the quality of his voice, which was even, but by the __________ of its intention" (Golding 122).
sanctity
bravado
