LOTF: Ch 4-6

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When they are marooned on a deserted island, a group of schoolboys attempts to form a new society.

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  1. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
    The decrease in size, from Ralph down, was gradual; and though there was a dubious region inhabited by Simon and Robert and Maurice, nevertheless no one had any difficulty in recognizing biguns at one end and littluns at the other.
  2. belligerence
    a natural disposition to be hostile
    Percival was mouse-colored and had not been very attractive even to his mother; Johnny was well built, with fair hair and a natural belligerence.
  3. chastisement
    verbal punishment
    In his other life Maurice had received chastisement for filling a younger eye with sand.
  4. impalpable
    incapable of being perceived by the senses, especially touch
    With impalpable organs of sense they examined this new field.
  5. incursion
    the act of entering some territory or domain
    Perhaps food had appeared where at the last incursion there had been none; bird droppings, insects perhaps, any of the strewn detritus of landward life.
  6. detritus
    the remains of something that has been destroyed or finished
    Perhaps food had appeared where at the last incursion there had been none; bird droppings, insects perhaps, any of the strewn detritus of landward life.
  7. myriad
    a large indefinite number
    Like a myriad of tiny teeth in a saw, the transparencies came scavenging over the beach.
  8. vagrant
    a wanderer with no established residence or means of support
    He poked about with a bit of stick, that itself was wave-worn and whitened and a vagrant, and tried to control the motions of the scavengers.
  9. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
    "I got the conch!" said Piggy indignantly. "Ralph—they ought to shut up, oughtn't they?
  10. subdued
    quieted and brought under control
    The assembly murmured in subdued agreement.
  11. effigy
    a representation of a person
    At first he was a silent effigy of sorrow; but then the lamentation rose out of him, loud and sustained as the conch.
  12. lamentation
    a cry of sorrow and grief
    At first he was a silent effigy of sorrow; but then the lamentation rose out of him, loud and sustained as the conch.
  13. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
    In a moment the platform was full of arguing, gesticulating shadows.
  14. perilous
    fraught with danger
    Simon felt a perilous necessity to speak; but to speak in assembly was a terrible thing to him.
  15. inarticulate
    without or deprived of the use of speech or words
    Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind's essential illness.
  16. tempestuous
    characterized by violent emotions or behavior
    A shadow fronted him tempestuously.
  17. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
    An interminable dawn faded the stars out, and at last light, sad and grey, filtered into the shelter.
  18. embroil
    force into some kind of situation or course of action
    Piggy, finding himself uncomfortably embroiled, slid the conch to Ralph's knees and sat down.
  19. diffident
    lacking self-confidence
    Diffidently, Simon allowed his pace to slacken until he was walking side by side with Ralph and looking up at him through the coarse black hair that now fell to his eyes.
  20. mutinous
    disposed to or in a state of open rebellion
    Mutinously, the boys fell silent or muttering.
Created on Mon Nov 25 15:36:30 EST 2024 (updated Fri Mar 06 14:03:20 EST 2026)

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