Lord of the Flies Vocabulary


​Vocab Quiz 10/14/16
  1. Compel (v) to force or drive out; exert a strong, irresistible force on
  2. Blatant (adj) – totally or offensively obtrusive; very obvious
  3. Taboo (adj) – excluded or forbidden from use or mention
  4. Ludicrous (adj) laughably and obviously absurd; foolish
  5. Ineffectual (adj) Insufficient to produce an effect; useless
  6. Jeer (v) to abuse vocally; taunt or mock
  7. Oppressive (adj) Using power unjustly; burdensome
  8.  Tirade (n) A long angry or violent speech
  9.  Inarticulate (adj) Incomprehensible; unable to speak with clarity
  10. Saunter (v) To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll
  11. Quaver (v) to tremble, or speak in a trembling voice
  12. Parry (v) to deflect or ward off; avoid

Vocab Quiz 9/30
1. Mutinously (adv) – unruly; insubordinate or constituting a mutiny
2. Impervious (adj) incapable of being penetrated or affected
​3. Crestfallen (adj) dispirited and depressed; dejected
4. Abominable (adj) -detestable; unpleasant
5.  Snivel (v) to whine in a weak manner; to cry or weep
6. Propitiate (v) win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them; to appease or pacify
7.  Effigy (n)- a crude representation of a person
8.  Acrid (adj) bitter or sour taste or odor
9.  Apex (n) peak, summit, climax, zenith
10. Tacit (adj) - understood without being openly expressed; implied
11. Contrite (adj) - caused by or showing sincere remorse; filled with a sense of guilt
12.  Glower (v) to look or stare at angrily or sullenly
13.  Corpulent (adj) excessively fat, obese
14.  Enterprise (n) an undertaking or business organization
15.  Hiatus (n) a gap or interruption in continuity; a break or pause
16. Cynical (adj) believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity; pessimistic
17.  Cordon (n)-a line of people enclosing an area
18.  Talisman (n) an object with magical power

Vocab Quiz 9/16/16
1. Rebuke (v) -reprimand, criticize
2. Demure(adj) - modest, reserved, shy
3. Fervor (n)-emotional intensity; passion 
4. Effulgence (n) a brilliant radiance; a shining forth.  
5. Enmity (n) - a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; animosity; antagonism
6. Decorous (adj)-decent; correct; fitting
7. Fulcrum (n) - support on which a lever pivots
8. Clamor (v) –to shout noisily and insistently
9.  Assent (v)-to thoughtfully agree; to concur 
10. Proffer – (v) to offer or hold something out; to propose or suggest something; (n) a proposal
11. Recrimination (n)-an angry statement in which you accuse or criticize a person who has accused or criticized you; a retaliatory accusation
12.  ​Inscrutable  (adj) difficult to understand, mysterious 
13.  Efflorescence (n) – unfolding and flourishing; flowering or blossoming; culmination
14. Declivity (n) a downward slope
15. Sinewy (adj) lean and muscular; stringy and  tough