Lord of the Flies Chapters 1 - 3 Morgan

Mrs. Morgan (United States of America)
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  1. specious
    plausible but false
    Ralph had been deceived before now by the SPECIOUS appearance of depth in a beach pool, and he approached this one preparing to be disappointed.
  2. skewed
    having an oblique or slanting direction or position
    The most usual feature of the rock was a pink cliff surmounted by a SKEWED block; and that again surmounted, and that again, till the pinkness became a stack of balanced rock projecting through the looped fantasy of the forest creepers.
  3. bastion
    a stronghold for shelter during a battle
    There, where the island petered out in water, was another island; a rock, almost detached, standing like a fort, facing them across the green with one bold, pink BASTION.
  4. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
    There came a pause, a HIATUS, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm.
  5. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
    "While we're waiting we can have a good time on this island." He GESTICULATED wildly. "It's like in a book."
  6. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
    Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless EBULLIENCE of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar.
  7. pall
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
    A PALL stretched for miles away from the island.
    Use the following definition: "a covering created by smoke, dust, or a cloud."
  8. festoon
    decorate or adorn
    Jack was bent double....The tree trunks and creepers that FESTOONED them lost themselves in a green dusk thirty feet above him.
  9. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
    Jack lifted his head and stared at the INSCRUTABLE masses of creeper that lay across the trail.
    Use the following definition: "impenetrable"
  10. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
    He snatched up his spear and dashed it into the ground. The OPAQUE, mad look came into his eyes again.
Created on Tue Mar 25 19:16:08 EDT 2014 (updated Tue Mar 25 20:06:04 EDT 2014)

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