Mixed Bag
What word means the same as secretive?
furtive
The “whims of fortune” are ….
vicissitudes
Bullies usually love to make fun of people. It can be very painful to receive such.....
derision
Something that appears to be true but is actually false is called
specious
If your sister borrows your car without asking, then gets into an accident and returns it to you with the gas tank empty, you have a right to .......
fume
a large shell that the boys use to call a meeting
conch
If you move your hands as you speak, you are ___________________________
gesticulating
When the woman learned that her parents had been killed, she began to wail loudly. Listening to her ..... made everyone feel bad.
ululation
If you are a little bit offbeat or strange -- but not so much as to be threatening or scary -- people might call you ....
batty
Some of the desks in this room have been ________________________ by people who wrote on them or carved words into them.
defiled
What vocab word means the OPPOSITE of praise, compliments, support, or affirmation?
derision
The medicine didn’t work. It was ________________________
ineffectual
If you want to climb a mountain, you have to be willing to keep going during the difficult uphill parts, even though the ____________________________ are easier
declivities
Glass is transparent rather than....
opaque
When the principal caught her writing on the walls in the bathroom, she was _______________________ to go to detention
compelled
An example of a time when a six-year-old would NOT act delightedly is........
answers will vary
In his first day on the island, Jack realizes that killing a pig is an act of such ________________ that he cannot follow through with it.
enormity
Why does Jack want the other boys to treat him like an idol? (What will the boys do to show this?)
Jack wants to be worshipped, respected, and adored. He wants complete and utter obedience from his tribe members.
When my boss spoke to me in a _____________________ way, I was mad at him, because I didn’t like his tone.
curt
The opposite of being held captive by something is to be .........
liberated
Name two similar scenes in the novel when a main character feels mortified.
When Jack loses the election in Ch. 1 and, later, when none of the boys want to remove Ralph as chief.
Explain the situation from the novel in which Simon was seeking to make a point, but to no avail.
What vocab word expresses this condition?
Simon was inarticulate when he tried to explain to the boys at the Ch. 5 meeting that they themselves were the threat (beast) on the island.
In Ch. 1 of the novel, when Jack, Simon, and Ralph explore the island, what do they do to show their ebullience? Name two specific actions.
they roll a rock down the hill
Ralph stands on his head
they talk about how the island will be an adventure
Smoking cigarettes and eating junk food is ____________________________ to athletic success.
inimical
What actions are the boys doing in the scene when even Ralph and Piggy find themselves eager to take a place in the "demented but partly secure" society?
They are dancing and chanting about killing the beast.