Lord of the Flies Vocab
Across
- 1. expanses of open infertile land
- 3. reserved; modest
- 5. hazardous; dangerous
- 6. having deceptive attraction or allure
- 11. the highest peaks; summits
- 14. a wispering sound; a mummer
- 17. disrespectfully; disdainfully
- 21. not readily interpreted; mysterious; hard to grasp
- 23. a moaning or sighing sound
- 25. the state or quality of disbelief
- 26. mad; insane
- 27. hatred, ill will
- 30. having or seeming to have no end; wearisomely prolonged
- 33. a howl; a wail
- 35. expressing or causing scorn or ridicule
- 36. the side or direction the wind is blowing toward; the side opposite the windward
- 37. the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings; exuberance
- 38. enclosed within; imprisoned
- 40. optical effects appearing as a pool of water or a mirror in which dissonant objects are seen inverted
- 41. completely obvious, conspicuous, or obtrusive
- 43. of or relating to the study of God and his relation to the world, especially by analysis of the origins and teachings of an organized religious community
- 44. defeated by confusion or puzzlement; frustrated; disconcerted
- 45. shyly; reservedly; unassertively
- 46. mockingly; tauntingly
- 48. worthy of or causing disgust or hatred; quite disagreeable or unpleasant; detestable
Down
- 2. characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
- 4. dismaying; intimidating
- 5. done with the hope of creating favor or goodwill
- 7. a hostile entrance into a territory; a raid
- 8. luminescence that occurs at low temperatures and is produced by physiological processes; an enduring luminescence without sensible heat
- 9. having a large, bulky body; obese
- 10. disbelieving; skeptical
- 12. belligerently; self-assertively aggressive
- 13. one who is afraid; a coward
- 15. a bitter retort; a charge against an accuser
- 16. including many individuals; existing in great numbers
- 18. something that covers or conceals; especially an overspreading element that produces an effect of gloom
- 19. cleansed of; freed from moral or ceremonial defilement
- 20. full of juice; juicy
- 22. expressing remorse for one's sins or shortcomings
- 24. a strong persuasion or belief; the state of being convinced; certainty
- 28. the side or direction the wind is blowing from; the side opposite from the leeward
- 29. single or repeated design or color
- 31. shaking or waving threateningly
- 32. incapable of being felt by touch; intangible
- 34. trembling; fearfully
- 36. extreme disgust; detestation
- 39. to fool; to swindle
- 40. an immense number; from the Greek, ten thousand
- 42. an image or representation, especially of a person
- 47. from the latin, meaning peace