Lord of the Flies Chapters 6-12 Vocab Terms

Leviathan

Something very large; giant sea creature in the Bible.

Clamor

A loud outcry; great expression of discontent

Mutinously

Untruly; insobordinate or constituting a mutiny

Creastfallen

Dispirited and depressed; dejected

Impervious

Incapable of being penatrated or affected

enterprise

An undertaking or bussiness organization; industrious

glowered

Looked at or stared angirly or sulenly

rebuke

To critize sharply; check or repress

demure

Modest and reserved in a manner or behavior

fevor

Great intensity of emotion; intense heat

Corpulent

Excessively fat

sauntered

To walk at a leisuerly pace; stroll

compelled

To force or drive; extert a strong, irresistable force on

luminous

Emitting light; full of light

myopia

Nearsightedness

sniveling

To sniffle; of complain or whine tearfully

quavered

Trembled or spoke in a trembling voice

parried

Deflected or warded off; avioded

talisman

An object with magical power

acrid

Unpleasently sharp or bitter taste or smell

cordon

A line of people or ships stationed to guard

elephantine

The size of an elephant; enormus size/strength

epaulettes

A friged strap worn on military uniforms