Lord of the Flies Part 2 Flashcards
brandishing
waving about in a threatening manner
“Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife.”
chasm
deep clefts or gores
“He [Ralph] was surrounded on all sides by chasms of empty air.”
corpulent
with a large, bulky body
“Then as the blue material of the parachute collapsed the corpulent figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more.”
demure
modest
“Each of them [Jack & Roger] wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two demure rows and their voices had been the song of angels.”
derision
ridicule
“Piggy once more was the center of social derision so that everyone felt cheerful and normal.”
diffidently
with hesitation and respect
“Diffidently, Simon allowed his pace to slacken until he was walking side by side with Ralph and looking up at him through the coarse black hair…”
embroiled
involved in conflict
“Piggy, finding himself uncomfortably embroiled, slid the conch to Ralph’s knees and sat down.”
exulting
joyful
fervor
intensity
“If Jack was astonished by their fervor he did not show it.”
glowered
looking angrily
“Jack glowered.”
inarticulate
unable to speak
“Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.”
interspersed
interwoven; with something at intervals in between
“Here there were wide spaces interspersed with thickets and huge trees and the rend of the ground led him up as the forest opened.”
jeeringly
mockingly
lamentation
weeping, crying
ludicrous
ridiculous, absurd
