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Lord Of The Flies vocab B. Payne (Creepers (Vine (He was clambering…
Lord Of The Flies vocab B. Payne
Creepers
Vine
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.
Proffer
To make an offer.
The fat boy waited to be asked his name in turn but this proffer of
acquaintance was not made; the fair boy called Ralph smiled vaguely, stood up, and began to make his way once more toward the lagoon.
Efflorescence
Flowering or blooming
It was clear to the bottom and bright with the efflorescence of tropical weed and coral.
Specious
False, but seems true.
Ralph had been deceived before now by the specious appearance of death in a beach pool and he approached this one preferring to be disappointing.
Pallidly
pale
Bill, Robert, Harold, Henry the choir boy who had fainted sat against the palm trunk, smiled pallidly at Ralph and said his name was Simon.
Precentor
person who leads a congregation and prayer.
He is always throwing a faint and at maintains over the precentor.
Bastion
a fort of projected fortification
Standing like a fort, facing them across the green with one bold, pink bastion.
suffusion
spreading of a fluid.
The suffusion drained from Jack's face.
Effulgence
Brightness
The lagoon attacked them with blinding effulgence.
Strident
loud or blaring
The note boomed becoming more strident blare.
Togs
clothes or robs
Take off your togs.
Conch
shell
Its a shell or as a conch he called it.
Hiatus
Break or pause
There came a pause, a hiatus. The pig continued to scream.
Enmity
being against towards.
He trottered through the sand, enduring the sun's enmity.
Matins
morning prayer service
Matins over the precentor.
Swathing
wrapped in layers.
Sleep enveloped him like the swathing mirages that were with brilliance of lagoon.