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Vocabulary • Ch 12 - Lord of the Flies • Definitions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the definition of 'compose'?

a)

To hold back or stop something

b)

Lasting for a very short time

c)

To create or put together something, like music or a story

d)

To shrink back or hide in fear

2.

What word means in addition or furthermore?

a)

fleeting

b)

moreover

c)

distend

d)

elaborate

3.

What is the definition of 'tentative'?

a)

Not fully decided or certain yet

b)

Difficult to see, understand, or find

c)

To create or put together something, like music or a story

d)

A strong and unpleasant smell or taste

4.

What is the definition of 'acrid'?

a)

To hold back or stop something

b)

Difficult to see, understand, or find

c)

Not fully decided or certain yet

d)

A strong and unpleasant smell or taste

5.

What word means to stop or hesitate in hesitation?

a)

balk

b)

suppress

c)

utter

d)

goad

6.

What word means to shrink back or hide in fear?

a)

cower

b)

volley

c)

fleeting

d)

balk

7.

What word means to give more details or explanations?

a)

elaborate

b)

distend

c)

suppress

d)

fathom

8.

What word means extremely painful or unbearable?

a)

suppress

b)

excruciating

c)

continuous

d)

cower

9.

What is the definition of 'fathom'?

a)

Making fun of someone or something

b)

To stop or hesitate in hesitation

c)

To understand or figure out something

d)

Difficult to see, understand, or find

10.

What is the definition of 'goad'?

a)

To become larger or swollen

b)

Making fun of someone or something

c)

To push or provoke someone to action

d)

To understand or figure out something

11.

What is the definition of 'hamper'?

a)

To create or put together something, like music or a story

b)

To say or speak out loud

c)

A large basket for carrying or storing

d)

Difficult to see, understand, or find

12.

What is the definition of 'suppress'?

a)

To say or speak out loud

b)

To understand or figure out something

c)

To happen without stopping or pausing

d)

To hold back or stop something

13.

What word means to happen without stopping or pausing?

a)

obscure

b)

continuous

c)

goad

d)

moreover

14.

What word means making fun of someone or something?

a)

ridicule

b)

utter

c)

obscure

d)

excruciating

15.

What word means lasting for a very short time?

a)

fleeting

b)

moreover

c)

excruciating

d)

elaborate

16.

What is the definition of 'volley'?

a)

Extremely painful or unbearable

b)

A continuous back-and-forth of hitting something

c)

To settle comfortably or securely in a place

d)

To shrink back or hide in fear

17.

What word means difficult to see, understand, or find?

a)

compose

b)

fathom

c)

distend

d)

obscure

18.

What word means to say or speak out loud?

a)

ensconced

b)

tentative

c)

utter

d)

elaborate

19.

What word means to become larger or swollen?

a)

distend

b)

ensconced

c)

elaborate

d)

cower

20.

What is the definition of 'ensconced'?

a)

To become larger or swollen

b)

To settle comfortably or securely in a place

c)

Not fully decided or certain yet

d)

To say or speak out loud