Lord of the Flies Vocabulary

Ch.7 - 9

Covert

Hidden or covered; a place that is hidden or secret

Daunting

• Discouraging or overwhelming

assimilate

• To acquire in an effort to make one’s own; to blend

impervious

• Not capable of being pierced or entered

vulnerable

• Open to criticism or attack; capable of being hurt or wounded

emphatic

• Uttered or done with emphasis or definite force

Frenzy

• Wild excitement or enthusiasm

apprehension

• nervousness

mutinous

• Wanting to rebel against a constituted authority

contemptuous

• Scornful attitude; the way a person feels when he/she thinks someone or something is worthless

protrude

• To stick out

derisive

• Mocking or ridiculed by action or words

parody

• a comic imitation of something that is meant to be taken seriously

cynicism

• Inclination to doubt human goodness

corpulent

• Fat, obese