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Lord of the Flies Name: Chapter 3-4 Date: Vocabulary Handout Per: ____/15points

Using context clues guess the meaning of the word. Then find the denotation or the dictionary definition of the word. Finally, write a complete and accurate sentence using the word.

Word Word in Context What do Denotation Use the word in a you think complete and accurate the word sentence. means?

“Jack himself shrank at this cry with a furtive hiss of indrawn breath, and for a minute (adjective) became less a hunter than a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees” (37).

“Jack nodded, as much for the sake of tacit agreeing as anything, and by tacit consent (adjective) they left the shelter and went toward the bathing pool” (42).

“ clamorously Tall trunks bore unexpected pale flowers all the way up to the dark canopy (adverb) where life went on clamorously” (43).

Malevolently “Piggy grabbed and put on the glasses. He (adverb) looked malevolently at Jack” (54).

“ procession Jack easily, even at that distance, tall, red-haired, and inevitably leading the (noun) procession” (52). Lord of the Flies Name: Chapter 5-6 Date: Vocabulary Handout Per: ____/15 points

Using context clues guess the meaning of the word. Then find the denotation or the dictionary definition of the word. Finally, write a complete and accurate sentence using the word.

Word Word in What do you think the word means? Denotation Use the word in a complete and Context accurate sentence. “A spring had been tapped, far beyond the intimidation (noun) reach of authority or even physical intimidation” (66). “The reply was too emphatic (adjective) emphatic for anyone to doubt them” (77). “Diffidently Simon allowed his pace to diffidently (adverb) slacken until he was walking side by side with Ralph” (80). “So they sat, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming; round them impervious (adjective) the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched up a hole of blackness” (94). “The word was too good, too bitter, too daunting (adjective) successfully daunting to be repeated” (92).