Lord of the Flies

Question 1

specious (12)

Answer 1

Adjective
misleading in appearance, especially misleadingly attractive.
“Ralph had been deceived before now by the specious appearance of depth in a beach pool and he approached this one preparing to be disappointed” (12).

Question 2

effulgence (14)

Answer 2

noun
The quality of shining brightly
“With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence”(14).

Question 3

enmity (14)

Answer 3

noun
the state or feeling of being actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
“He trotted through the sand, enduring the sun’s enmity, crossed the platform, and found his scattered clothes”(14).

Question 4

indignation (25)

Answer 4

noun
anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment.
“Piggy stood and the rose of indignation faded slowly from his cheeks”(25).

Question 4

ebullience (38)

Answer 4

noun
the quality of being cheerful and full of energy; exuberance
“Then,with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar”(38).

Question 4

hiatus (31)

Answer 4

noun
a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.
“There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk and the blade continued to fash at the end of a bony arm”(31).

Question 4

decorous (15)

Answer 4

Adjective
in keeping with good taste and propriety; polite and restrained.
“Suddenly piggy was a-bubble with decorous excitement”(15).

Question 4

recrimination (43)

Answer 4

Noun
an accusation in response to one from someone else
“His voice lifted into the whine of virtuous recrimination”(43).

Question 4

tumult (43)

Answer 4

Noun
a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people
“He paused in the tumult, standing, looking beyond them and down the unfriendly side of the mountain to the great patch where they had found dead wood”(43).

Question 4

furtive (49)

Answer 4

Adjective
attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.
“Jack himself shrank at this cry with a hiss of indrawn breath, and for a minute became less a hunter thsb a furtive thing, ape-like among the tangle of trees”(49).

Question 5

inscrutable (49)

Answer 5

Adjective
Impossible to understand or interpret
“Jack lifted his head and stared at the inscrutable masses of creepers that lay across the trail”(49).