Heart of Darkness Word Search
Free Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (1899) word search. We picked 12 themed words — characters, settings, and objects from the book — and laid them out on a 15×15 grid. Drag across the letters to find every word on the list.
Written by Joseph Conrad · First published 1899 · Novella.
Words to find: KURTZ, MARLOW, MANAGER, INTENDED, CONGO, LAGOS, NUNU, STEAMBOAT, WHITE, HEAVEN, DARKNESS, MADNESS.
Every word on the list appears exactly once. Words can run forwards or backwards, so scan both directions before you move on.
Heart of Darkness word list, defined
- MANAGER /ˈmænɪdʒər/ · noun
- A person who is responsible for managing an organization, business, team, project, or other activity. In sports, the term refers to the person who oversees a team and its performance. Related: administrator, supervisor, director, organizer.
- INTENDED /ɪnˈtɛndɪd/ · adjective, verb
- Adjective: planned or designed to achieve a particular purpose. Verb: past tense and past participle of intend, meaning to plan or aim to do something. Related: planned, designed, meant, purposeful.
- CONGO /ˈkɒŋɡəʊ/ (UK), /ˈkɑːŋɡoʊ/ (US) · noun
- The Congo is a major river of central Africa and the region surrounding it; it also refers to either of two countries named after that river — the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo.
- STEAMBOAT /ˈstiːmbəʊt/ · noun
- A steamboat is a boat propelled by steam-powered engines, traditionally by a paddlewheel. The term is especially associated with river and coastal vessels used for passenger transport, freight, and exploration. Related: steamship, steamer, paddle steamer, river steamer.
- WHITE /waɪt/ · adjective
- Having the colour of milk, snow, or freshly bleached fabric; light in appearance and largely without hue. In social and political contexts, it can also designate people of European ancestry or people classified as belonging to a racial category identified as white. Related: pale, ivory, snow-white, pure.
- HEAVEN /ˈhɛvən/ · noun; interjection
- In religious belief, the realm of God and the perfected dead; by extension, the sky or a state of supreme happiness. It is also used in exclamations such as “Good heavens!” Related: paradise, afterlife, bliss, empyrean.
- DARKNESS /ˈdɑːknəs/ (UK), /ˈdɑːrknəs/ (US) · noun
- The state or quality of being without light; the absence of light. Also used figuratively to mean evil, ignorance, despair, secrecy, or moral corruption. Related: gloom, shadow, obscurity, dimness.
- MADNESS /ˈmædnəs/ · noun
- Madness denotes severe mental disturbance or extreme irrationality, especially behavior perceived as uncontrollable or unreasonable. By extension, it can refer to folly, absurdity, or wild excitement. Related: insanity, lunacy, folly, craziness.
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