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Vocabulary • Ch 2 - Lord of the Flies • Definitions

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word means a place where people are buried?

a)

martyr

b)

taut

c)

ebullient

d)

grave

2.

What is the definition of 'convey'?

a)

To make known or communicate something

b)

A place where people are buried

c)

Very happy and excited

d)

To use hand movements to communicate

3.

What word means to use hand movements to communicate?

a)

tirade

b)

gesticulate

c)

fluent

d)

taut

4.

What is the definition of 'taut'?

a)

Loud and chaotic noise or commotion

b)

Stretched or pulled tight

c)

To speak or write easily and smoothly

d)

Extremely annoyed or frustrated

5.

What is the definition of 'interpret'?

a)

Very happy and excited

b)

Loud and chaotic noise or commotion

c)

Happening without planning or forethought

d)

To explain or understand the meaning of something

6.

What is the definition of 'heed'?

a)

To make someone do something

b)

Very happy and excited

c)

To pay attention and listen carefully

d)

To speak or write easily and smoothly

7.

What is the definition of 'compel'?

a)

To make someone do something

b)

Stretched or pulled tight

c)

Very happy and excited

d)

To make known or communicate something

8.

What word means to speak or write easily and smoothly?

a)

interpret

b)

scorn

c)

yield

d)

fluent

9.

What word means to make it harder to do something?

a)

grave

b)

hinder

c)

gesticulate

d)

fluent

10.

What is the definition of 'exasperated'?

a)

To produce or provide something

b)

Extremely annoyed or frustrated

c)

Someone who dies for their beliefs

d)

To use hand movements to communicate