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"Lord of The Flies" by William Golding, Chapters 1-3

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 1hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Definition: produced or growing in extreme abundance

a)

jejune

b)

adroit

c)

riotous

2.

Definition: a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

a)

proffer

b)

furtive

c)

interpose

3.

Definition: a violent disturbance

a)

interpose

b)

enmity

c)

upheaval

4.

Definition: deceptively pleasing

a)

interpose

b)

specious

c)

pervasive

5.

Definition: capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out

a)

contrite

b)

pallor

c)

pliant

6.

Definition: raise in a relief

a)

enmity

b)

decorous

c)

emboss

7.

Definition: characterized by propriety, dignity, and good taste

a)

specious

b)

decorous

c)

riotous

8.

Definition: fearful expectation or anticipation

a)

apprehension

b)

mortification

c)

indignation

9.

Definition: strong feelings of embarrassment

a)

transcendence

b)

mortification

c)

dispensation

10.

Definition: be or come between

a)

interject

b)

interpose

c)

apprehension

11.

Definition: be lazy or idle

a)

upheaval

b)

loll

c)

rapt

12.

Definition: feeling great delight and interest

a)

errant

b)

rapt

c)

hiatus

13.

Definition: wrap in or as if in strips of cloth

a)

riotous

b)

loll

c)

swathe

14.

Definition: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

a)

prominent

b)

specious

c)

rapt

15.

Definition: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

a)

enmity

b)

hiatus

c)

decorous

16.

Definition: implied by or inferred from actions or statements

a)

furtive

b)

enmity

c)

tacit

17.

Definition: an unnatural lack of color in the skin

a)

pallor

b)

pallid

c)

hiatus

18.

Definition: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow

a)

interpose

b)

contrite

c)

recrimination

19.

Definition: without respect, in a disdainful manner

a)

contemptuously

b)

prominent

c)

antagonism

20.

Definition: mutual accusations

a)

contrite

b)

specious

c)

recrimination

21.

Definition: straying from the right course or from accepted standards

a)

errant

b)

mortification

c)

rapt

22.

Definition: secret and sly

a)

furtive

b)

apprehension

c)

futile

23.

Definition: a state of deep-seated ill-will

a)

infirmity

b)

hiatus

c)

enmity

24.

Fill in the blank with the correct word.

The two rival teams displayed such _______ towards each other that even their fans began to argue, showing deep-seated ill-will and hostility.

a)

furtive

b)

antagonism

c)

pallor