Lord of the Flies Part 3

Question 1

cessation

Answer 1

stop (like cease)

Question 2

composite

Answer 2

something made up of distinct parts; blend, mixture

Question 3

delirious

Answer 3

filled with a frenzied excitement

Question 4

distended

Answer 4

swollen from internal pressure

“Other boys were appearing now, tiny tots some of them, brown, with distended bellies of small savages.”

Question 5

ensconce

Answer 5

conceal

Question 6

illumination

Answer 6

the process of clarifying something; intellectual or spiritual enlightenment

Question 7

impenetrable

Answer 7

unable to be entered

Question 8

inimicle

Answer 8

hostile
“There was no reply. To carry he must speak louder; and this would rouse those striped and inimical creatures from their feasting by the fire.”

Question 9

multitudinous

Answer 9

consisting of innumerable parts

“multitudinous murmur of bees”

Question 10

myopia

Answer 10

near-sightedness

“The twins watched anxiously and Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia.”

Question 11

obscurity

Answer 11

state of being unkown

“The savage peered into the obscurity beneath the thicket.”

Question 12

parried

Answer 12

warded off the blow

“He [Jack] struck in a humming circle behind him and Ralph only just parried the blow.”

Question 13

pinnacles

Answer 13

peaks, spires

Question 14

purged

Answer 14

cleansed, freed

Question 15

quavered

Answer 15

**with a *voice that trembled (shook)

Question 16

talisman

Answer 16

object considered to be a charm against evil

Question 17

theological

Answer 17

relating to the study of God

“I expect the beast disguised itself.” “Perhaps,” said the chief. A theological speculation presented itself.”

Question 18

truculently

Answer 18

**feeling or showing verocity; savage

Question 19

ululation

Answer 19

howling (urlare=to yell)
“‘Until we find you. We’ve got to give signals like this’. Eric raised his head and achieved a faint ululation by breathing on his open mouth.”

Question 20

unquenchable

Answer 20

unstoppable; can’t be satisfied

“Behind him came the twins, worried now of a while but full of unquenchable vitality.”