Lord of the Flies vocab ch. 10-12

Question 1

cessation

Answer 1

stop. ex) “The twins, puzzled, looked at each other; while piggy, reassured by the cessation of violence, stood up carefully.”

Question 2

composite

Answer 2

something made up of distinct parts; blend, mixture. ex) “The blood roared again in Ralph’s ears, confused images chased each other through his mind. A composite of these things was prowling round the shelters.”

Question 3

delirious

Answer 3

filled with a frenzied excitement. ex) “High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever.”

Question 4

distended

Answer 4

swollen from internal pressure. ex) “Other boys were appearing now, tiny tots some of them, brown, with distended bellies of small savages.”

Question 5

ensconce

Answer 5

conceal. ex) “At first the twisted stems, ensconce himself so deep that only a crawler like himself could come through, and that crawler would be jabbed.”

Question 6

illumination

Answer 6

the process of clarifying or explaining something intellectual or spiritual enlightenment. ex) “Sitting on the tremendous rock in the torrid sun, Roger received this news as an illumination.

Question 7

impenetrable

Answer 7

unable to be entered. ex) “The densest tangle on the island, a mass of twisted stems, black and green and impenetrable, lay on their left and tall grass swayed before them.”

Question 8

inimical

Answer 8

hostile. ex) “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. ex) “There was a silence, except for the multitudinous murmur of the bees.”

Question 10

myopia

Answer 10

near-sightedness. ex) “The twins watched anxiously and Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia.”

Question 11

obscurity

Answer 11

state of being unknown. ex) “The savage peered into the obscurity beneath the thicket.”

Question 12

parried

Answer 12

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

Question 13

pinnacles

Answer 13

peaks; spires. ex) “There was the neck of land, the ledge skirting the rock, up the were the red pinnacles.”

Question 14

purged

Answer 14

cleaned; freed. ex) “The night was cool and purged of immediate terror.”

Question 15

quavered

Answer 15

with a voice that trembled (shook). ex) “Am I safe?” quavered Piggy. “I feel awful–”

Question 16

talisman

Answer 16

object considered to be a charm against evil. ex) “By him stood Piggy still holding out the talisman, the fragile, shining beauty of the shell.”

Question 17

theological

Answer 17

relating to the study of God. ex) “I expect the beast disguised itself.” “Perhaps,” said the chief. A theological speculation presented itself.”

Question 18

truculently

Answer 18

feeling or showing ferocity: savage. ex) “Truculently they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance.”

Question 19

ululation

Answer 19

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