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J. Bailey (Efflorescence (flowering or blooming (It was clear to the…
J. Bailey
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Strident
loud or blaring
The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.
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Hiatus
A break or pause
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.
immured
to enclose or confine
Immured in these tangles, at perhaps their most difficult moment, Ralph turned with shining eyes to the others.
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Togs
clothes or robes
“All right, choir. Take off your togs.”
Pliant
flexible
Here the roots and stems of creepers were in such tangles that the boys had to thread through them like pliant needles.
Furtive
secretive
. There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.
Pallidly
pale
Henry; the choir boy who had fainted sat up against a palm trunk, smiled pallidly at Ralph and said that his name was Simon.
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swathing
wrapped in layers
Sleep enveloped him like the swathing mirages that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon.
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specious
False but seems true
. 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.
Effulgence
morning prayer service
With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening
weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence.