LOTF Vocab 6-`12

Lord of The Flies vocabulary terms from chapters 6 - 12

Leviathan

noun- something very large; giant sea creature in the Bible

Clamor

noun - a loud outcry; great expression of discontent

Mutinously

adverb - Unruly; insubordinate or constituting a mutiny

Crestfallen

adj - dispirited and depressed; dejected

Impervious

adj - incapable of being penetrated or affected

Enterprise

noun - an undertaking or business organization; industrious

Glowered

verb - looked at or started angrily or sullenly

Rebuke

verb - to criticize sharply; check or repress

Demure

adj - modest and reserved in manner or behavior

Fervor

noun - great intensity of emotion; intense heat

Corpulent

adj - excessively fat

Sauntered

verb - to walk at a leisurely pace; stroll

Compelled

verb - to force or drive; exert a strong, irresistable force on

Luminous

adj - emitting light; full of light

Myopia

noun - nearsightedness

sniveling

verb - to sniffle; complain or whine tearfully

quavered

verb - trembled or spoke in a trembling voice

parried

verb - deflected or warded off; avoided

talisman

noun - an object with magical power

acrid

adj - unpleasantly sharp or bitter taste or smell

cordon

noun - a line of people or ships stationed to guard

elephantine

adj- the size of an elephant; enormous size/strength

epaulettes

noun - a fringed strap worn on military uniforms