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Vocabulary • Ch 2 - Lord of the Flies • Definitions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What word means a place where people are buried?

a)

grave

b)

interpret

c)

gesticulate

d)

tumult

2.

What word means to make known or communicate something?

a)

competent

b)

convey

c)

exasperated

d)

heed

3.

What is the definition of 'gesticulate'?

a)

Stretched or pulled tight

b)

Skilled or capable of doing something well

c)

To pay attention and listen carefully

d)

To use hand movements to communicate

4.

What word means stretched or pulled tight?

a)

interpret

b)

martyr

c)

gesticulate

d)

taut

5.

What is the definition of 'interpret'?

a)

To make someone do something

b)

To explain or understand the meaning of something

c)

To use hand movements to communicate

d)

A long, angry speech or rant

6.

What word means to pay attention and listen carefully?

a)

heed

b)

competent

c)

ebullient

d)

scorn

7.

What word means to make someone do something?

a)

compel

b)

recriminations

c)

tirade

d)

competent

8.

What word means to speak or write easily and smoothly?

a)

fluent

b)

tumult

c)

competent

d)

interpret

9.

What word means to make it harder to do something?

a)

martyr

b)

induce

c)

tirade

d)

hinder

10.

What is the definition of 'exasperated'?

a)

Extremely annoyed or frustrated

b)

To make it harder to do something

c)

To feel or show contempt or disapproval

d)

Stretched or pulled tight

11.

What word means to feel or show contempt or disapproval?

a)

scorn

b)

tumult

c)

hinder

d)

competent

12.

What is the definition of 'competent'?

a)

To cause someone to do something

b)

To make it harder to do something

c)

Blaming each other for something

d)

Skilled or capable of doing something well

13.

What word means very happy and excited?

a)

ebullient

b)

tumult

c)

recriminations

d)

scorn

14.

What is the definition of 'induce'?

a)

To explain or understand the meaning of something

b)

To produce or provide something

c)

To cause someone to do something

d)

To pay attention and listen carefully

15.

What is the definition of 'martyr'?

a)

Stretched or pulled tight

b)

Blaming each other for something

c)

Someone who dies for their beliefs

d)

Extremely annoyed or frustrated

16.

What is the definition of 'recriminations'?

a)

To produce or provide something

b)

A place where people are buried

c)

To speak or write easily and smoothly

d)

Blaming each other for something

17.

What word means happening without planning or forethought?

a)

exasperated

b)

scorn

c)

spontaneous

d)

yield

18.

What word means a long, angry speech or rant?

a)

exasperated

b)

tirade

c)

gesticulate

d)

convey

19.

What word means loud and chaotic noise or commotion?

a)

spontaneous

b)

tumult

c)

fluent

d)

yield

20.

What is the definition of 'yield'?

a)

To produce or provide something

b)

To use hand movements to communicate

c)

To explain or understand the meaning of something

d)

Happening without planning or forethought