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'Lord of the Flies' Vocabulary

William Golding's Famous & Controversial Novel

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Study Guide Here's a vocabulary list from Lord of the Flies, by William Golding. Use these terms for reference, study, and discussion.

Vocabulary

Lord of the Flies: Listed by Chapter (by appearance)

Chapter 1:
  • clamber
  • lagoon
  • vainly
  • quiver
  • decorous
  • interpose
  • strident
  • scupper
  • speculate
  • clamor
  • pallor
  • indignation
  • jumble
  • grating
  • devour


Chapter 2:
  • warp
  • conch
  • scornfully
  • officious
  • indignant
  • tumult
  • irresistible
  • nimble


Chapter 3:
  • festoon
  • tendril
  • oppressive
  • inscrutable
  • barb
  • bewilder
  • flaunt
  • furtive
  • glimmer


Chapter 4:
  • opalescence
  • mirage
  • whimper
  • croon
  • preposterous
  • caper
  • incredulously
  • irrelevance
  • implication
  • shrill
  • malevolent
  • gyration


Chapter 5:
  • obscure
  • opaque
  • gnaw
  • speculation
  • scowl
  • jabber
  • jeer
  • indigo
  • formulate
  • mimicry
  • inarticulate

  • gibbering

  • improvisation



Chapter 6:
  • squawk

  • bristle

  • relentless



Chapter 7:
  • jumble

  • dun

  • covert

  • infinite

  • snivel

  • uncompromising

  • infuriating

  • sagely

  • blunder



Chapter 8:
  • heed

  • dung

  • stagger

  • spout

  • uproarious

  • skewer

  • iridescent

  • vex

  • crimson



Chapter 9:
  • corruption

  • tremulous

  • trickle

  • steadfast



Chapter 10:
  • befoul

  • shrill

  • shudder

  • gesticulate

  • Samneric

  • stifle

  • twitch

  • smother

  • phosphorescence



Chapter 11:
  • squat

  • myopia

  • snivel

  • devastate

  • multitudinous

  • snigger

  • incantation



Chapter 12:
  • elaborate
  • dribble
  • ululation
  • wriggle
  • heave
  • thicket
  • cower
  • visualize
  • shudder
  • wrench
Lord of the Flies: Alphabetically Listed
  • barb
  • befoul
  • bewilder
  • blunder
  • bristle
  • caper
  • clamber
  • clamor
  • conch
  • corruption
  • covert
  • cower
  • crimson
  • croon
  • decorous
  • devastate
  • devour
  • dribble
  • dun
  • dung
  • elaborate
  • festoon
  • flaunt
  • formulate
  • furtive
  • gesticulate
  • gibbering
  • glimmer
  • gnaw
  • grating
  • gyration
  • heave
  • heed
  • implication
  • improvisation
  • inarticulate
  • incantation
  • incredulously
  • indignant
  • indignation
  • indigo
  • infinite
  • infuriating
  • inscrutable
  • interpose
  • iridescent
  • irrelevance
  • irresistible
  • jabber
  • jeer
  • jumble
  • lagoon
  • malevolent
  • mimicry
  • mirage
  • multitudinous
  • myopia
  • nimble
  • obscure
  • officious
  • opalescence
  • opaque
  • oppressive
  • pallor
  • phosphorescence
  • preposterous
  • quiver
  • relentless
  • sagely
  • Samneric
  • scornfully
  • scowl
  • scupper
  • shrill
  • shudder
  • skewer
  • smother
  • snigger
  • snivel
  • speculate
  • speculation
  • spout
  • squat
  • squawk
  • stagger
  • steadfast
  • stifle
  • strident
  • tendril
  • thicket
  • tremulous
  • trickle
  • tumult
  • twitch
  • ululation
  • uncompromising
  • uproarious
  • vainly
  • vex
  • visualize
  • warp
  • whimper
  • wrench
  • wriggle

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