Lord of the Flies Vocabulary Chapters 10 12

Lord of the Flies Vocabulary Chapters 10 -12

Review List 1 1. Enmity- hatred 2. Tumult- chaos 3. Furtive- secretive 4. Incredulous-disbelieving; skeptical Incredulity-disbelief 5. Officious-overbearing; eager to serve

Review List 2 • • • Vicissitudes-fluctuation Gesticulate-gesture Avidly-skillfully Belligerence-hostility Malevolently-hatefully

Torrid • Adjective • Sweltering; scorching **Full of difficulty and tribulation “Sitting on the tremendous rock in the torrid sun” (Golding 159).

Indignantly • Adverb • Indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair. “Ralph tried indignantly to remember” (Golding 163). • Indignant – Adjective-page 170

Impenetrable • Adjective • Impossible to pass through “The densest tangle on the island, a mass of twisted stems, black and green and impenetrable, lay on their left and tall grass swayed before them” (Golding 174).

Covert • Noun • A thicket in which prey hides Ralph lay in a covert, wondering about his wounds” (Golding 183) • Adjective - secretive • Covertly-adverb-secretly

Inimical • Adjective • Hostile, harmful, pernicious “To carry he must speak louder; and this would rouse those striped and inimical creatures for their feasting by the fire” (Golding 196).

Dignity • Noun • A sense of pride in oneself; self-respect “There was no Piggy to talk sense. There was no solemn assembly for debate nor dignity of the conch” (Golding 196).