Lord Of The Flies Vocabulary Part 1

Question 0

Bastion

Answer 0

Noun

A fortified place

Question 1

Specious

Answer 1

Adjective

Pleasing to the eye but deceptive

Question 2

Hiatus

Answer 2

Noun

A break or interruption in continuity; a pause

Question 3

Gesticulate

Answer 3

Verb

To make or use gestures in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech

Question 4

Ebullience

Answer 4

Noun

High spirits; exhilaration; exuberance

Question 5

Pall

Answer 5

Noun

Anything that covers, shrouds, or spreads, especially with darkness or gloom

Question 6

Festoon

Answer 6

Verb

Suspended or hanging in a curve between two points

Question 7

Inscrutable

Answer 7

Adjective

Incapable of being seen through physically; impenetrable

Question 8

Opaque

Answer 8

Adjective

Impenetrable by light; dark

Question 9

Declivities

Answer 9

Noun

A downward slope

Question 10

Impalpable

Answer 10

Adjective

Incapable of being perceived by the sense of tough; unable to be touched

Question 11

Sinewy

Answer 11

Adjective

Having visible tendons; long, lean, and muscular

Question 12

Tacitly

Answer 12

Adverb

Understood without being openly expressed; implied

Question 13

Improvisation

Answer 13

Noun

The act of composing or executing without previous preparation

Question 14

Apex

Answer 14

Noun

The tip, point, or vertex

Question 15

Derisive

Answer 15

Adjective

Contemptuous; mocking

Question 16

Effigy

Answer 16

Noun

Representation or image of dislike, used for purposes of ridicule

Question 17

Tempestuously

Answer 17

Adverb

Tumultuously; turbulently

Question 18

Incantation

Answer 18

Noun

Repetitious wordiness used to conceal lack of content; uttering of words having magical powers

Question 19

Incredulity

Answer 19

Noun

Incapability or unwillingness to believe

Question 20

Taut

Answer 20

Adjective

Tightly drawn; tense