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Word: Creepers
Sentence: 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. Page 6
Definition: Any plant that grows along the ground, around another plant, or up a wall employing
extending stems or branches.
Word: Hiatus
Sentence: 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. Page 41
Definition: an interruption in the intensity or amount of something.
Word: Efflorescence
Sentence: It was clear to the bottom and bright with the efflorescence of tropical weed and
coral. Page 14
Definition: the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
Word: Bastion
Sentence: There, where the island petered out in the water, was another island; a rock, almost
detached, standing like a fort, facing them across the green with one bold, pink bastion. Page
38
Definition: a stronghold or fortification; similar to a stronghold.
Word: Pliant
Sentence: Here the roots and stems of creepers were in such tangles that the boys had to
thread through them like pliant needles. Page 35
Definition: flexible
Word: Sill
Sentence: The sun in the west was a drop of burning gold that slid nearer and nearer the sill of
the world. Page 59
Definition: a strong horizontal member at the base of any structure, e.g., in the frame of a motor or
rail vehicle.
Word: officious
Sentence: There was pushing and pulling and officious cries. Page 56
Definition: intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.
Word: recrimination
Sentence: His voice lifted into the whine of virtuous recrimination. Page 60
Definition: the act of accusing in return; opposing another charge.
Word: tumult
Sentence: He paused in the tumult, standing, looking beyond them and down the unfriendly side
of the mountain to the great patch where they had found dead wood. Page 60
Definition: a state of commotion and noise and confusion.
Word: outcrop
Sentence: The flames, as though they were a kind of wildlife, crept as a jaguar creeps on its
belly toward a line of birch-like saplings that fledged an outcrop of the pink rock. Page 61
Definition: a rock formation that is visible on the surface.
Word: sepal
Sentence: Their green sepals drew back a little and the white tips of the flowers rose delicately
to meet the open air. Page 79
Definition: each of the parts of the calyx of a flower, enclosing the petals and typically green and
leaflike.
Word: gaudy
Sentence: Nothing moved but a pair of gaudy butterflies that danced round each other in the hot
air Page 79
Definition: tastelessly showy
Word: declivities
Sentence: But Jack was pointing to the high declivities that led down from the mountain to the
flatter part of the island. Page 74
Definition: a downward slope.
Word: gesticulated
Sentence: He gesticulated, sought for a word. Page 70
Definition: to make or use gestures, especially animatedly or excitedly with or instead of speech.
Word: vicissitudes
Sentence: Jack stood there, streaming with sweat, streaked with brown earth, stained by all the
vicissitudes of a day’s hunting. Page 68
Definition: a variation in circumstances or fortune.
Word: gyration
Sentence: Jack broke out of his gyration and stood facing Ralph. His words came in a shout.
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Definition: a rapid movement in a circle or spiral; a whirling motion.
Word: implications
Sentence: Jack, faced at once with too many awful implications, ducked away from them. Page
99
Definition: the action or state of being involved in something.
Word: belligerence
Sentence: Johnny was well built, with fair hair and a natural belligerence. Page 84
Definition: aggressive or warlike behaviour.
Word: blatant
Sentence: The glittering sea rose up, moved apart in planes of blatant impossibility; the coral
reef and the few stunted palms that clung to the more elevated parts would float up into the sky,
would quiver, be plucked apart, run like raindrops on a wire or be repeated as in an odd
succession of mirrors.
Definition: completely lacking in subtlety; very obvious.
Word: Detritus
Sentence: 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.
Definition: waste or debris of any kind.
Word: convulsion
Sentence: With a convulsion of the mind, Ralph discovered dirt and decay, understood how
much he disliked perpetually flicking the tangled hair out of his eyes, and at last, when the sun
was gone, rolling noisily to rest among dry leaves. Page 108
Definition: a violent social or political upheaval.
Word: inarticulate
Sentence: Simon became inarticulate in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness. Page
129
Definition: unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly.
Word: effigy
Sentence: At first he was a silent effigy of sorrow; but then the lamentation rose out of him, loud
and sustained as the conch. Page 123
Definition: a sculpture or model of a person.
Word: frayed
Sentence: This wind pressed his grey shirt against his chest so that he noticed—in this new
mood of comprehension—how the folds were stiff like cardboard, and unpleasant; noticed too
how the frayed edges of his shorts were making an uncomfortable, pink area on the front of his
thighs.
Definition: (of fabric, rope, or cord) unraveled or worn at the edge.
Word: contour
Sentence: Idly looking beyond the fire, he resettled the scattered rocks from their flat shadows
into daylight contours. Page 139
Definition: an outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something.
Word: leviathan
Sentence: Then the sleeping leviathan breathed out, the waters rose, the weed streamed, and
the water boiled over the table rock with a roar. Page 150
Definition: a sea monster
Word: guano
Sentence: Nothing but what you might expect: pink, tumbled boulders with guano layered on
them like icing; and a steep slope up to the shattered rocks that crowned the bastion. Page 151
Definition: the excrement of seabirds and bats, used as fertilizer.
Word: constrainedly
Sentence: Ralph glanced sideways, smiled constrainedly as though he had forgotten that Simon
had made a fool of himself, then looked away again at nothing. Page 147
Definition: stiff or unnatural
Word: taut
Sentence: The taut blue horizon encircled them, broken only by the mountaintop.
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Definition: stretched or pulled tight; not slack.
Word: ruefully
Sentence: He rubbed his rump ruefully. Page 165
Definition: In a way that expresses sorrow or regret, especially in a wry or humorous manner.
Word: traverses
Sentence: There were little cliffs to be scaled, some to be used as paths, lengthy traverses where one used
hands as well as feet. Page 167
Definition: A movement performed in dressage, in which the horse moves parallel to the side of the
arena, with its shoulders carried closer to the wall than its hindquarters and its body curved toward the
center.
Word: crestfallen
Sentence: “I don’t remember this cliff,” said Jack, crestfallen, “so this must be the bit of the coast I
missed” Page 167
Definition: Sad and disappointed.
Word: dun
Sentence: If you could shut your ears to the slow suck down of the sea and boil of the return, if you could
forget how dun and unvisited were the ferny coverts on either side, then there was a chance that you
might put the beast out of mind and dream for a while. Page 156
Definition: A color varying around light grayish brown.
Word: infuriatingly
Sentence: Ralph looked back at Jack, seeing him, infuriatingly, for the first time. Page 169
Definition: Making one extremely angry and impatient; very annoying.
Word: serenading
Sentence: As though he were serenading the rising sun, Jack went on blowing till the shelters were astir
and the hunters crept to the platform and the littluns whimpered as now they so frequently did. Page 180
Definition: Entertain someone with a piece of music sung or played in the open air, typically by a man at
night under the window of his lover.
Word: indignant
Sentence: Piggy was indignant. Page 183
Definition: Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.
Word: derisive
Sentence: Simon broke off and turned to Piggy who was looking at him with an expression of derisive
incomprehension. Page 184
Definition: Expressing contempt or ridicule.
Word: fervour
Sentence: If Jack was astonished by their fervour he did not show it. Page 191
Definition: Intense and passionate feeling.
Word: demure
Sentence: Each of them wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two demure rows
and their voices had been the song of angels. Page 191
Definition: (of clothing) Giving a modest appearance.
Word: demented
Sentence: Piggy and Ralph, under the threat of the sky, Piggy and Ralph found themselves eager to take
a place in this demented but partly secure society. Page 218
Definition: Behaving wildly and irrationally on account of anger, distress, or excitement.
Word: festooned
Sentence: Presently the creepers festooned the trees less frequently and there was a scatter of pearly light
from the sky down through the trees. Page 209
Definition: Adorn (a place) with ribbons, garlands, or other decorations.
Word: interspersed
Sentence: Here there were wide spaces interspersed with thickets and huge trees and the trend of the
ground led him up as the forest opened. Page 209
Definition: Scatter among or between other things; place here and there.
Word: furrowing
Sentence: The parachute took the figure forward, furrowing the lagoon, and bumped it over the reef and
out to sea. Page 220
Definition: To form or cut a long line or hollow in the surface of something.
Word: sculptured
Sentence: The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulder became sculptured marble. Page 221
Definition: Shaped in such a way as to resemble sculpture, especially in having strong, smooth curves.
Word: torrid
Sentence: Sitting on the tremendous rock in the torrid sun, Roger received this news as an illumination.
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Definition: Very hot and dry.
Word: interrogative
Sentence: Stanley lifted his forearm off the rock and held up an interrogative finger. Page 230
Definition: Having or conveying the force of a question.
Word: convulsive
Sentence: He could feel Piggy’s head against his shoulder and the convulsive grip of a hand. Page 239
Definition: Producing or consisting of jerky movements.
Word: phosphorescence
Sentence: Occasionally they sang softly; occasionally they turned cartwheels down by the moving streak
of phosphorescence.
Definition: Light emitted by a substance without combustion or perceptible heat. Page 242
Word: exulting
Sentence: The chief led then, trotting steadily, exulting in his achievement. Page 242
Definition: Feeling or showing elation or jubilation.
Word: propitiatingly
Sentence: Piggy nodded propitiatingly. Page 249
Definition: The action of propitiating or appeasing a god, spirit, or person.
Word: ludicrous
Sentence: With ludicrous care he embraced the rock, pressing himself to it above the sucking
sea. Page 253
Definition: Causing laughter because of absurdity; foolish; ridiculous; laughable.
Word: sagged
Sentence: Piggy held up the conch and the booing sagged a little, then came up again to
strength. Page 258
Definition: Decline to a lower level, usually temporarily.
Word: delirious
Sentence: High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight
on the lever. Page 260
Definition: In a state of wild excitement or ecstasy.
Word: inquisitive
Sentence: An inquisitive ant was busy in one of the eye sockets but otherwise the thing was
lifeless. Page 266
Definition: Curious or inquiring.
Word: vague
Sentence: There were miles of vague water at his right and the restless ocean lay under his left
hand, as awful as the shaft of a pit. Page 268
Definition: Of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning.
Word: inimical
Sentence: There was no reply. To carry he must speak louder; and this would rouse those
striped and inimical creatures from their feasting by the fire.
Definition: Unfriendly; hostile.
Word: elephantine
Sentence: Then the red thing was past and the elephantine progress diminished toward the sea.
Definition: Of, resembling, or characteristic of an elephant or elephants, especially in being
large, clumsy, or awkward.
Word: balked
Sentence: Any savage balked in the forest would utter the double shout and hold up the line till
he was free again.
Definition: Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking.
