Lord of the Flies Vocabulary

Question 1

specious

Answer 1

having a false look of truth or genuineness

Question 1

bastion

Answer 1

a projecting part of a fortification

Question 2

hiatus

Answer 2

an interruption in time or continuity

Question 3

gesticulated

Answer 3

to make gestures especially when speaking

Question 4

ebullience

Answer 4

the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings

Question 5

festooned

Answer 5

to adorn a place with a chain or strip hanging between two points

Question 6

inscrutable

Answer 6

not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood

Question 7

tacit

Answer 7

expressed or carried on without words or speech

Question 8

impalpable

Answer 8

unable to be felt by touch; not easily comprehended

Question 9

opaque

Answer 9

not beinge able to be seen through; not transparent; hard to understand or explain

Question 10

improvisation

Answer 10

something that is improvised, created without preparation

Question 11

derisive

Answer 11

expressing or causing contemptuous ridicule or scorn

Question 12

tempestuously

Answer 12

of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: turbulent, stormy

Question 13

impervious

Answer 13

not capable of being affected or disturbed

Question 14

cynicism

Answer 14

beliefs that people are generally selfish or dishonest