Lord Of The Flies Chapter 7-9

Question 0

Crestfallen

Answer 0

“I don’t remember this cliff,” said Jack, crestfallen, “so this must be the bit of the coast I missed.”
My def: feeling down, or sad
Def:dejected; dispirited; discouraged.having a drooping crest or head.
Sentence: my soul will always be crestfallen because of my sins.

Question 1

Coverts

Answer 1

“If you could shut your ears to the slow suck down of the sea and boil of the return, if you could forget how dun and unvisited were the ferny coverts on either side, then there was a chance that you might put the beast out of mind and dream for a while.”
My def:something that can not be opened.
Def: concealed; secret; disguised
Sentence: my notebook was concealed in my closet.

Question 2

Glowered

Answer 2

“He glowered up under his eyebrows.”
My def: uprising a heavy object
Def: to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
Sentence:his eyes glowered in discomfort.

Question 3

Daunting

Answer 3

“The word was too good, too bitter, too successfully daunting to be repeated.”
My def:
Def: to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one’s adversaries.
to lessen the courage of; dishearten:
Sentence: Don’t be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.

Question 4

Impervious

Answer 4

“So they sat, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming; round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched up a hole of blackness.”
My def:a higher level than low class
Def:not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: 
Sentence:the impervious gates were strong for me to even pass.

Question 5

Prefect

Answer 5

“He isn’t a prefect and we don’t know anything about him.”
My def: A leader that can do anything
Def:a person appointed to any of various positions of command, authority, or superintendence, as a chief magistrate in ancient Rome or the chief administrative official of a department of France or Italy.
Sentence: He’s not experienced so why is he prefect.

Question 6

Rebuke

Answer 6

“Piggy gave up the attempt to rebuke Ralph.”
My def: to get another chance/retry
Def:to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
Sentence:The force of Richard’s stinging rebuke here is felt by the audience, most of whom will know its historical accuracy.

Question 7

Demure

Answer 7

“Each of them wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voices had been the song of angels.”
My def:straight, align in order
Def:characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate.
Sentence: She wasn’t really a loner, just demure.

Question 8

Fervor

Answer 8

“If Jack was astonished by their fervor he did not show it.”
My def: a feeling of happiness
Def:great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.intense heat.
Sentence: he was once fervor, but he had never had the opportunity to have that expression again ever since that incident.

Question 9

Demented

Answer 9

“One piglet, with a demented shriek, rushed into the sea trailing Roger’s spear behind it.”
My def: bing crazy on insane
Def:crazy; insane; mad.affected with dementia.
Sentence: he came out with a demented speech in the funeral.

Question 10

Palled

Answer 10

“At length even this palled.”
My def: pausing for a second
Def:lost its attraction
Sentence: the building palled making its glamorous sight ugly.

Question 11

Corpulent

Answer 11

“Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more.”
My def:standing still
Def:large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat.
Sentence:the corpulent statue was recognized as the most expensive art piecer in history.

Question 12

Derision

Answer 12

“Piggy once more was the center of social derision so that everyone felt cheerful and normal.”
My def: seeing hallucinations
Def:ridicule; mockery:
Sentence:The inept performance elicited derision from the audience.

Question 13

Sauntered

Answer 13

“Seeing there was no immediate likelihood of a pause, Jack rose from the log that was his throne and sauntered to the edge of the grass
My def: walking in a fashionably way
Def: to walk with a leisurely gait; stroll: sauntering through the woods.
Sentence:he sauntered through the park for 20 minutes.

Question 14

Abominable

Answer 14

“The beast was on its knees in the center, its arms folded over its face. It was crying out against the abominable noise something about a body on the hill.”
My def: loud, noisy voice
Def: repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome: an abominable crime.
Sentence: the abominable screech made it hard for me to study.