Vocabulary Ch. 1-3

Question 0

Lagoon

Answer 0

• An area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.
• “The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.”
• I saw the lagoon and it was a beautiful sight as they say it is.

Question 1

Clamber

Answer 1

• To climb or shuffle using both hands and feet
• “He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another.”
• She was clambering over the rocks to see the view of the ocean.

Question 2

Vainly

Answer 2

• Without success
• “He took off his glasses and looked vainly for something with which to clean them.”
• She vainly looked for her favorite pen to write her essay.

Question 3

Quiver

Answer 3

• Tremble or shake with a slightly rapid motion
• “The palms that still stood made a green roof, covered on the underside with a quivering tangle of reflections from the lagoon.”
• He quivered at the thought of getting a referral for getting in trouble.

Question 4

Decorous

Answer 4

• Characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
• “Suddenly Piggy was a-bubble with decorous excitement.”
• The family at the other table ate their meal with such decorous ways.

Question 5

Interpose

Answer 5

• Place or insert between two things.
• “but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy, who in this context was an irrelevance.”
• She managed to interpose between the random couple ahead of her at the mall.

Question 6

Strident

Answer 6

• Loud and harsh sound
• “and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.”
• Mr. Napier became frustrated and used his strident voice at the students.

Question 7

Scutter

Answer 7

• To go or move quickly or in haste.
• “The birds cried, small animals scuttered.”
• The students scuttered to class at the sound of the threat of detention.

Question 8

Speculate

Answer 8

• To casually talk and make predictions without firm evidence.
• “heads muttering, whispering, heads full of eyes that watched Ralph and speculated.”
• The students speculated the new teacher, just to see if she was the strict or easy kind of teacher.

Question 9

Clamor

Answer 9

• A loud and confused noise
• “Ralph’s face was dark with breathlessness and the air over the island was full of bird-clamor and echoes ringing.”
• There was a clamor coming from the crowd that was surrounding something that could be unseen by so many heads and feet in the way.

Question 10

Pallor

Answer 10

• An extreme or unnatural paleness from fear, ill health, or death.
• “Now that the pallor of his faint was over, he was a skinny, vivid little boy,…”
• Once she had heard the news, she was pallor for a moment but fully gain color afterwards.

Question 11

Indignation

Answer 11

• Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
• “Piggy stood and the rose of indignation faded slowly from his cheeks”
• The teacher’s indignation was clearly shown through his actions towards objects.

Question 12

Jumble

Answer 12

• Untidy collection or pile.
• “There was a jumble of the usual squareness, with one great block sitting out in the lagoon. Sea birds were nesting there.”
• Her room was a jumble of mess, which the mother became mad for her daughter not listening to her.

Question 13

Grating

Answer 13

• irritating or unpleasant to one’s feelings.
• “This one, against which Jack leaned, moved with a grating sound when they pushed.”
• The sound of the chalk scraping the board was a grating sound to the students.

Question 14

Warped

Answer 14

• Bent, distorted, pulled out.
• “stood now, warped out of the perpendicular by the fierce light of publicity, and he bored into the coarse grass with one toe. He was muttering and about to cry.”
• You can tell he was warped out of reality because he stared at the ceiling with such happiness.

Question 15

Conch

Answer 15

• A large spiral shell of a mollusk, often used as a horn.
• “A conch he called it. He used to blow it and then his mum would come. It’s ever so valuable―”
• I once found a conch laying in the sand near the shore.

Question 16

Scornfully

Answer 16

• With contempt or derision
• “Like kids!” he said scornfully.”
• My mother scornfully looked at Kaylin for what she had done to the kitchen.

Question 17

Officious

Answer 17

• objectionably aggressive in offering one’s unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome.
• “There was pushing and pulling and officious cries.”
• The news-writer was being officious about the star couple’s relationship but who could blame her, for it washer job to do so.

Question 18

Tumult

Answer 18

• A state of commotion, noise, and confusion.
• “He paused in the tumult, standing, looking beyond them and down the unfriendly side of the mountain”
• The crowd was tumult at the sight of the accident, which was hard to see afar.

Question 19

Irresistible

Answer 19

• Not capable of being refused.
• “At the sight of the flames and the irresistible course of the fire,..”
• She was an irresistible person because no one was ever able to tell her no.

Question 20

Nimble

Answer 20

• Quick and agile
• “The heart of flame leapt nimbly across the gap between the trees and then went swinging and flaring along the whole row of them.”
• The groom nimbly kissed his bride and true love knowing that their love would last forever.

Question 21

Festoon

Answer 21

• A string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
• “Smoke was rising here and there among the creepers that festooned the dead or dying trees.”
• In her room was a festoon of flower headbands.

Question 22

Tendril

Answer 22

• A stemlike structure of climbing plants that holds onto walls and other objects.
• “Here was loop of creeper with a tendril pendant from a node. The tendril was polished on the underside”
• I spotted the tendril on the side of her house, the way I usually enter the house to visit her.

Question 23

Oppressive

Answer 23

• Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit.
• “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than the heat, and at this hour of the day there was not even the whine of insects.”
• She was in the forest, sitting on the ground with her eyes closed and focusing on the oppressive of nature.

Question 24

Inscrutable

Answer 24

• Impossible to understand or interpret
• “Jack lifted his head and stared at the inscrutable masses of creeper that lay across the trail.”
• The science homework was inscrutable to the students.

Question 25

Barb

Answer 25

• A sharp tip
• “I’ve got to get a barb on this spear!”
• There was a barb on the pencil from being sharpened perfectly.

Question 26

Bewildered

Answer 26

• Dumbfounded
• “Ralph gazed bewildered at his rapt face.”
• She was bewildered at the news of her husband being in the accident, since he texted her saying he was at work right when he crashed.

Question 27

Flaunt

Answer 27

• The act of displaying something ostentatiously.
• “leaned against the trees that still stood and a rapid climber flaunted red and yellow sprays right to the top.”
• The news writer flaunted the information of the fight between the star couple.

Question 28

Furtive

Answer 28

• Secret and sly or sordid.
• “There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.”
• The new student was furtive to the class except for the girl nicknamed “lovely.”

Question 29

Glimmer

Answer 29

• A flash of light (especially reflected light)
• “The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars.”
• She saw a glimmer from the mirror, she panicked because she was the only person in the house.