Lord of the Flies
Across
- 4. pg.89 Involve deeply in an argument. "Piggy, finding himself uncomfortably embroiled, slid the conch to Ralph's knees and sat down."
- 6. pg.66 Regrettable;unfortunate."On the left were four small logs, one of them-the farthest-lamentably springy."
- 10. pg.29 Suggestive of secret knowledge."He flashed a conspiratorial grin at the other two."
- 11. pg.130 Tender; juicy; tasty. "The boys with the spit gave Ralph and Piggy such a succulent chunk."
- 12. pg.5 Decorative design or pattern. "Here the beach was interrupted abruptly by the square motif of the landscape;"
- 14. pg.40 A change of circumstance, usually unpleasant."Jack stood there, streaming with sweat, streaked with brown earth, stained by all the vicissitudes of a day's hunting."
- 15. pg.139 Make dirty, or pollute."The green light and the glossy patches of sunshine played over their befouled bodies."
- 16. pg.148 Looking sad and miserable."His twitchings exhausted him till he lay, breathless and woebegone, waiting for the next spasm."
Down
- 1. pg.130 Fat;chubby;overweight."Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more."
- 2. pg.145 Awkward or clumsy."Ralph remembered the ungainly figure on a parachute."
- 3. pg.154 To have walked in a specific way."The shape of the old assembly, trodden in the grass, listened to him."
- 5. pg.137 Light emitted by substance without combustion or heat, seen or felt. "The edge of the lagoon became a streak of phosphorescence which advanced minutely, as the great wave of the tide flowed."
- 7. pg.142 Take in ideas, and understand them fully."He ceased to work at his tooth and sat still, assimilating the possibilities of irresponsible authority."
- 8. pg.155 Very numerous. "There was silence, except for the multitudinous murmur of the bees."
- 9. pg. 50 The act of punishing someone."In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand."
- 13. pg.130 A place with decorations."Presently the creepers festooned the trees less frequently and there was a scatter of pearly light from the sky down through the trees."