Vocabulary Ch. 4-6

Question 0

Mirage

Answer 0

• an optical phenomenon
• “Piggy discounted all this learnedly as a “mirage”
• I couldn’t tell if it the food was real or a mirage because of my hunger.

Question 1

Blatant

Answer 1

• extremely obvious
• “The glittering sea rose up, moved apart in planes of blatant impossibility;”
• The old woman was blatant when she was staring at me on the bus.

Question 2

Taboo

Answer 2

• something that is normally shunned by a society
• “Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.”
• It was a taboo topic that I don’t like to talk about.

Question 3

Sinewy

Answer 3

• related to muscular, strong, tendons
• “Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and appalled them.”
• He had a sinewy body for a person that goes to the gym.

Question 4

Malevolently

Answer 4

• implying ill will or wishing harm to someone
• “He looked malevolently at Jack.”
• I looked at the boys malevolently because of their actions towards me.

Question 5

Ludicrous

Answer 5

• causing laughter because of absurdity.
• “But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains.”
• His actions toward her was ludicrous because of the pie.

Question 6

Ineffectual

Answer 6

• without a satisfying result, not effectual.
• “Piggy tiptoed to the triangle, his ineffectual protest made, and joined the others.”
• We were in an ineffectual state because of the project.

Question 7

Jeer

Answer 7

• to speak or shout to put someone down.
• “…first enthusiastic exploration as though it were part of a brighter childhood, he smiled jeeringly.”
• He jeered on the other smaller boy.

Question 8

Indigo

Answer 8

• a color ranging from a deep violet blue to a grayish blue
• “the high sea beyond, unknown indigo of infinite possibility, heard silently the sough and whisper from the reef.”
• She wore an indigo shirt for the party.

Question 9

Inarticulate

Answer 9

• lacking the ability to express one’s thoughts, feelings, or opinions
• “Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness. Inspiration came to him.”
• She was being inarticulate about the whole mess.

Question 10

Theorem

Answer 10

• an idea, belief, statement, or method generally believed to be true.
• “Ralph answered in the cautious voice of one who rehearses a theorem.”
• His theorem was that he didn’t believe in anything.

Question 11

Appalled

Answer 11

• to be filled or overcame with horror
• “If you give up,” said Piggy, in an appalled whisper, “what ‘ud happen to me?”
• Piggy was appalled about the death of the president.

Question 12

Leviathan

Answer 12

• anything of immense size and power, such as ocean ships.
• “Then the sleeping leviathan breathed out, the waters rose, the weed streamed, and the water boiled.”
• The ocean was leviathan compared to the small ship sailing across it.

Question 13

Clamor

Answer 13

• a loud uproar
• “The clamor broke out”
• There was a clamor over the incident at the beach.

Question 14

Mutinously

Answer 14

• difficult to control, unenforced
• “Mutinously, the boys fell silent or muttering.
• The five year old was mutinously for the teenage girls to take care of.