Name: ____________________________________________________________________ What’s your favorite word ever? ________________________________
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Lord of the Flies Vocabulary PRETEST
antagonism
apprehensive
1.
__________________ - abstract noun: a pause, gap, or break
chastise
2.
__________________ - abstract noun: anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean
compel
3.
__________________ - abstract noun: opposition
4.
__________________ - abstract noun: viewing the future with anxiety, suspicion, or fear
5.
__________________ - adjective: dark, gloomy
daunt
6.
__________________ - adjective: expressed without words: implied
demented
7.
__________________ - adjective: having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell.
festooned
8.
__________________ - adjective: ill will, spite, or hatred
9.
__________________ - adjective: important
contemptuously
foliage
10. __________________ - adjective: lacking in courage or self conscious
furtive
11. __________________ - adjective: mad, insane
gaudy
12. __________________ - adjective: showy; colorful
gesticulate
13. __________________ - adjective: sly or secretive
14. __________________ - adjective: to despise
hiatus
15. __________________ - adjective: unclear; not easily distinguished or understood
incredulous
16. __________________ - adjective: skeptical, or unwilling to accept the truth
indignation
17. __________________ - noun: a bank of memories
malevolent
18. __________________ - noun: a long- drawn-out speech that uses insulting words in excess
19. __________________ - noun: a person without a residence; one who wanders from place to place
momentous
20. __________________ - noun: a sense of humiliation and shame
mortification
21. __________________ - noun: a thematic element; a dominant idea or central theme
motif
22. __________________ - noun: leaves and brush
23. __________________ - transitive verb: make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.
obscure
24. __________________ - transitive verb: to be put to death for a belief
prowling
25. __________________ - transitive verb: to criticize sharply
rebuke
26. __________________ - transitive verb: to reprimand or scold
recollection
27. __________________ - verb: decorated
28. __________________ - verb: driven; forced
somber
29. __________________ - verb: to make gestures when speaking
tacit
30. __________________ - verb: to roam over in a predatory manner
timid
tirade
vagrant
martyred