Lord Of The Flies Vocab

Question 1

Oppressive

Answer 1

Burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical

Question 2

Festooned

Answer 2

A string or chain of followers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points

Question 3

Gesticulate

Answer 3

To make or use gestures

Question 4

Clamor

Answer 4

A loud uproar, as from a crowd of people

Question 5

Befouled

Answer 5

To make dirty or filthy, soil, defile

Question 6

Myopia

Answer 6

Nearsightedness

Question 7

Furtive

Answer 7

Taken, done, used, etc, surreptitiously or by stealth, secret

Question 8

Taut

Answer 8

Tightly drawn, tense, not slack

Question 9

Leaden

Answer 9

Ineptly heavy like lead, hard to lift or move

Question 10

Inimical

Answer 10

Having the disposition of an enemy, hostile

Question 11

Myriad

Answer 11

Ten thousand, or a great number

Question 12

Opalescence

Answer 12

Showing varying colors as an opal does

Question 13

Blundered

Answer 13

To move clumsily as if not able to see

Question 14

Crag

Answer 14

A steep or rugged cliff or rock face

Question 15

Stifled

Answer 15

Unable to breath properly, suffocated

Question 16

Ludicrous

Answer 16

Being so ridiculous to the point of humorous

Question 17

Derisive

Answer 17

Expressing scornfulness or ridicule

Question 18

Truculently

Answer 18

In an aggressively quick to fight manner

Question 19

Covert

Answer 19

Hiding place, shelter

Question 20

Ululation

Answer 20

To howl, as a dog or wolf; hoot, as an owl

Question 21

Interspersed

Answer 21

To scatter here and there or place at intervals among other

Question 22

Rebuke

Answer 22

To reprimand, strong disapproval of

Question 23

Embroiled

Answer 23

To throw into confusion, complicate

Question 24

Emphatic

Answer 24

Using emphasis in speech or action