Lord Of The Flies

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Lord of the Flies - 1
alter

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to change

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An expression of pain and inward concentration _____ the pale contours of his face

Back 2

altered

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adjust

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to change slightly for a better fit

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He wiped his glasses and _____ them on his button nose

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adjusted

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foliage

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leaves on a tree or bush

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He put on his glasses, waded away from Ralph, and crouched down among the tangled _____,

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foliage

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reluctantly

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in an unwilling manner

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Piggy grinned _____.

Back 8

reluctantly

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Sidelong

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to the side

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Ralph looked at him _____ and said nothing

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sidelong

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flush

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to blush

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Piggy _____ suddenly.

Back 12

flushed

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loll

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to roll about aimlessly

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Ralph _____ in the water.

Back 14

lolled

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mirage

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a illusion, an imagined image

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Sleep enveloped him like the swathing _____ that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon.

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mirages

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ill-omened

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vision of a bad future

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Protected from the sun, ignoring Piggy’s _____ talk, he dreamed pleasantly.

Back 18

ill-omened

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vainly

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in vain, without success

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`

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He took off his glasses and looked _____ for something with which to clean them

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vainly

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swath

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to wrap in blankets

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Sleep enveloped him like the _____ mirages that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon

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swathing

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quiver

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to tremble

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His lips _____ and the spectacles were dimmed with mist.

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quivered

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lagoon

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a pool by the sea

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Ralph had stopped smiling and was pointing into the _____.

Back 26

lagoon

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decorous

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well-mannered

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Suddenly Piggy was a-bubble with _____ excitement.

Back 28

decorous

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sapling

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a very young tree

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Near to Ralph’s elbow a palm _____ leaned out over the lagoon.

Back 30

sapling

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conch

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a large, spiral shell

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emboss

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to decorate with bumps

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Between the point, worn away into a little hole, and the pink lips of the mouth, lay eighteen inches of shell with a slight spiral twist and covered with a delicate, _____ pattern

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embossed

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strident

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very loud, harsh

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...then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a _____ blare more penetrating than before.

Back 35

strident

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blare

Back 36

a loud noise

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...then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident _____ more penetrating than before.

Back 37

blare

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stupendous

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huge

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His face was dark with the violent pleasure of making this _____ noise.

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stupendous

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vault

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to jump over

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The boy who controlled them came forward, _____ on to the platform with his cloak flying...

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vaulted

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peer

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to look with interest

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..., and _____ into what to him was almost complete darkness

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peered

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offhand

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careless

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He was intimidated by this uniformed superiority and the _____ authority in Merridew’s voice

Back 45

offhand

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clamor

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shouting

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Jack started to protest but the _____ changed from the general wish for a chief to an election by acclaim of Ralph himself.

Back 47

clamor

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mortification

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extreme shame

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Even the choir applauded; and the freckles on Jack’s face disappeared under a blush of _____.

Back 49

mortification

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grudgingly

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unwilllingly

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clamber

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to climb quickly, scramble

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They had guessed before that this was an island; _____ among the pink rocks, with the sea on either side...

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clambering

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insistent

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pushing, with strong intent

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The piglet's voice was thin, needle-sharp and _____.

Back 54

insistent

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hiatus

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a break, a pause

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There came a pause, a _____, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm.

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hiatus

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gape

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to stare with open mouth

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Piggy _____ at them for a moment, then swayed and sat down.

Back 58

gaped

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mulberry

Back 59

a very dark purple berry; the color of the berry

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He was a shrimp of a boy, about six years old, and one side of his face was blotted out by a _____-colored birthmark.

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mulberry

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assurance

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certainty

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...but here and there among the little ones was the doubt that required more than rational _____.

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assurance

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grave

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serious

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There was no laughter at all now and more _____ watching.

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grave

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passionate

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with great feeling

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The _____ noise of agreement from the assembly hit him like a wave and he lost his thread.

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passionate

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caress

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to stroke tenderly

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He _____ the shell respectfully...

Back 68

caressed

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errant

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wandering

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The noise of the _____ assembly faded up the mountain.

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errant

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taut

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very tight

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He waved his arm at the _____ wire of the horizon.

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taut

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assent

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to agree

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They _____. Piggy opened his mouth to speak, caught Jack’s eye and shut it again.

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assented

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indignant

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a little outraged or angry

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Daring, _____, Piggy took the conch.

Back 76

indignant

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contrite

Back 77

seeking forgiveness

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Simon’s ______ face appeared in the hole.

Back 78

contrite

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antagonism

Back 79

anger at someone

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audible

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capable of being heard

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Now the antagonism was _____.

Back 81

audible

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batty

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crazy

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"They're ______."
"Crackers."

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batty

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attain

Back 84

achieve, reach

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clarity

Back 85

clearness

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Jack drew up his legs, clasped his knees, and frowned in an effort to _____ _____.

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attain clarity

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baffled

Back 87

confused

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They looked at each other, _____.

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baffled

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glisten

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to sparkle

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Always darkish in color, Simon was burned by the sun to a deep tan that _____ with sweat.

Back 90

glistened

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aromatic

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with a delicious smell or aroma

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The whole space was walled with dark _____ bushes, and was a bowl of heat and light.

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aromatic

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urgency

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great need

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He twisted in the _____ of telling.

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urgency

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sinewy

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with sinew, tendons, etc. showing

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Beside the pool his _____ body held up a mask that drew their eyes and appalled them.

Back 96

sinewy

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appall

Back 97

to fill with horror or turn pale

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Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and _____ them.

Back 98

appalled

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caper

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to trot, jaunt

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He _____ toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberated from shame and self-consciousness.

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capered

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involuntarily

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without will, unwillingly

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Ralph turned and smiled _____.

Back 102

involuntarily

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tacitly

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in an unspoken manner

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There had grown up _____ among the biguns the opinion that Piggy was an outsider...

Back 104

tacitly

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disinclination

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unwillingness

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manual labor

Back 106

work with your hands

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Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain _____ for _____.

Back 107

disinclination for manual labor

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blunder

Back 108

to stumble

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savage

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to do harm

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Ralph _____ on, _____ himself, as the wisp of smoke moved on.

Back 110

blundered...savaging

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beckon

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to indicate, "Come here."

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...the smoke of home had _____.

Back 112

beckoned

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gutted carcass

Back 113

a dead body without internal organs

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The _____ of a pig swung from the stake, swinging heavily as the twins toiled over the uneven ground.

Back 114

gutted carcass

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implication

Back 115

something suggested

Front 116

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Jack, faced at once with too many awful _____, ducked away from them.

Back 116

implications

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...they had _____ a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.

Back 117

outwitted

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dismal

Back 118

sad, gloomy

Front 119

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The _____ truth was filtering through to everybody.

Back 119

dismal

Front 120

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vicious

Back 120

disposed to evil, wrong

Front 121

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His voice was _____ with humiliation.

Back 121

vicious

Front 122

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malevolently

Back 122

with evil intent, extreme ill-will

Front 123

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He looked _____ at Jack.

Back 123

malevolently

Front 124

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gyration

Back 124

a circular or spiral movement

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Jack broke out of his _____ and stood facing Ralph.

Back 125

gyration

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compelling

Back 126

forceful

Front 127

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He lifted the conch in an effort to find the _____ word...

Back 127

compelling

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row (pronounced

Back 128

argument, fight, brawl

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There was a ___ immediately. Boys stood up and shouted and Ralph shouted back.

Back 129

row

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abruptly

Back 130

suddenly, without warning

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Ralph went on, _____, “But that’s littluns’ talk."

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abruptly

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testily

Back 132

in an annoyed manner

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Ralph interrupted him ____. “What is all this? Who said anything about an animal?”

Back 133

testily

Front 134

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subdue

Back 134

to conquer, repress, quiet

Front 135

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The assembly murmured in _____ agreement.

Back 135

subdued

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convulsion

Back 136

violent agitation, disturbance

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Simon grabbed the conch _____.

Back 137

convulsively

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condemnation

Back 138

extreme disapproval

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derisive

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mocking, ridiculing

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The _____ laughter that rose had fear in it and _____.

Back 140

derisive...condemnation

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lamentation

Back 141

crying

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sustained

Back 142

without stopping

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the _____ rose out of him, loud and _____ as the conch.

Back 143

lamentation...sustained

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absurd

Back 144

irrational, illogical, senseless

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Presently they were all laughing so _____ that the biguns joined in.

Back 145

absurdly

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subside

Back 146

decrease, become quiet

Front 147

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The meeting _____.

Back 147

subsided

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perilous

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dangerous

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Simon felt a _____ necessity to speak; but to speak in assembly was a terrible thing to him.

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perilous

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decorum

Back 150

politeness, social correctness

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"Nuts!" That was Piggy, shocked out of _____.

Back 151

decorum

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inarticulate

Back 152

unable to put into words

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Simon became _____ in his effort to express mankind’s essential illness.

Back 153

inarticulate

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uncomprehending

Back 154

without understanding

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As an answer Jack dropped into the _____ silence that followed the one crude expressive syllable.

Back 155

uncomprehending

Front 156

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indignant

Back 156

offended, insulted

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Piggy's voice was _____. “I don’t believe in no ghosts – ever!”

Back 157

indignant

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unaccountably

Back 158

without a reason

Front 159

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Jack was up too, _____ angry.

Back 159

unaccountably

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formulate

Back 160

to devise, make up

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He thought for a moment,_____ the question.

Back 161

formulating

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tempestuous

Back 162

like a storm

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A shadow fronted him _____.

Back 163

tempestuously

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summon

Back 164

to call up

Front 165

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Ralph _____ his wits.

Back 165

summoned

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Ralph _____ violently and moved closer to Piggy, so that they bumped frighteningly.

Back 166

shuddered

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remote

Back 167

far away

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Then the wail rose _____ and unearthly, and turned to an inarticulate gibbering.

Back 168

remote

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incantation

Back 169

a chant that will bring about a fantastic even

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Percival Wemys Madison, of the Vicarage, Harcourt St. Anthony, lying in the long grass, was living through circumstances in which the _____ of his address was powerless to help him

Back 170

incantation

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festoon

Back 171

to drape in a decorative manner

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Here the breeze was fitful and allowed the strings of the parachute to tangle and _____; and the figure sat, its helmeted head between its knees, held by a complication of lines.

Back 172

festoon

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inconstant

Back 173

irregular

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flail

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to beat or move as if threshing grain

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...the _____ fire sent smoke and sparks and waves of _____ light over the top of the mountain.the flailing fire sent smoke and sparks and waves of _____ light over the top of the mountain.

Back 175

flailing...inconstant

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interminable

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without end

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An _____ dawn faded the stars out, and at last light, sad and gray, filtered into the shelter.

Back 177

interminable

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yearn

Back 178

to long for, to want

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He turned to the twins, _____ but hopeless.

Back 179

yearning

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emphatic

Back 180

with emphasis, stress

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The reply was too _____ for anyone to doubt them.

Back 181

emphatic

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contempt

Back 182

scorn, lack of respect

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Jack broke in, _____, “You’re always scared.”

Back 183

contemptuously

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incredulity

Back 184

lack of belief

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Simon, walking in front of Ralph, felt a flicker of _____ ...

Back 185

incredulity

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diffidently

Back 186

without care

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_____, Simon allowed his pace to slacken until he was walking side by side with Ralph...

Back 187

diffidently

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constrainedly

Back 188

with constraint, tensely

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Ralph glanced sideways, smiled _____ ...

Back 189

constrainedly

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impenetrable

Back 190

something you cannot get through

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On their left was an _____ tangle of creepers and trees.

Back 191

imprenetrable

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plinth

Back 192

a square slab of stone often at the base of a pedestal

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The squareness of the rock allowed a sort of _____ round it...

Back 193

plinth

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guano

Back 194

manure from sea birds

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Nothing but what you might expect: pink, tumbled boulder with _____ layered on them like icing

Back 195

guano

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furtively

Back 196

done in secret, surreptitiously

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He looked round, _____. Apparently no one had heard.

Back 197

furtively

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covert

Back 198

a hidden, place

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if you could forget how _____ and unvisited were the ferny _____ on either side...

Back 199

dun...covert

Front 200

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toilet

Back 200

cleaning yourself up, etc.

Front 201

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Ralph planned his _____. He would like to have a pair of scissors and cut this hair ...

Back 201

toilet

Front 202

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accessible

Back 202

able to be reached

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,,,faces cleaned fairly well by the process of eating and sweating but marked in the less _____ angles with a kind of shadow,,,

Back 203

accessible

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scurfy

Back 204

crusty

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brine

Back 205

salt water

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...the skin of the body, _____ with _____ ...

Back 206

scurfy...brine

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curtly

Back 207

rudely brief in speech, terse

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When Simon was still silent Ralph said _____, “You’re batty.”

Back 208

curtly

Front 209

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moor

Back 209

wasteland common in high latitudes

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....they had lived in a cottage on the edge of the _____...

Back 210

moors

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boar

Back 211

wild male pig

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With the _____ only five yards away, he flung the foolish wooden stick that he carried, saw it hit the great snout and hang there for a moment.

Back 212

boar

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ruefully

Back 213

showing, feeling great pain or sorrow

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He rubbed his rump _____.

Back 214

ruefully

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brandish

Back 215

to wave about aggressively

Front 216

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infuriating

Back 216

extremely annoying

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Ralph looked back at Jack, seeing him, _____, for the first time.

Back 217

infuriatingly

Front 218

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glower

Back 218

to stare with anger

Front 219

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Jack _____.

Back 219

glowered

Front 220

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sagely

Back 220

wisely

Front 221

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Ralph nodded. He pointed at the forest. Everybody agreed, _____.

Back 221

sagely

Front 222

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sneer

Back 222

to speak with scorn or contempt

Front 223

223
Jack _____. “Don’t you want to go to the mountain?”

Back 223

sneered

Front 224

224
antagonism

Back 224

an active hostility, opposing force

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Ralph sighed, sensing the rising _____, understanding that this was how Jack felt as soon as he ceased to lead.

Back 225

antagonism

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taunt

Back 226

to mock, reproach, tease

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scuttle

Back 227

to run away with quick, hurried steps

Front 228

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There came the sound of boys _____ away.

Back 228

scurrying

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impervious

Back 229

incapable of being injured; impenetrable

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So they sat, the rocking, tapping, _____ Roger and Ralph, fuming;

Back 230

impervious

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bravado

Back 231

a show of false courage

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Ralph surprised himself, not so much by the quality of his voice, which was even, but by the _____ of its intention.

Back 232

bravado

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loathing

Back 233

extreme hatred

Front 234

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He bound himself together with his will, fused his fear and _____ into a hatred, and stood up.

Back 234

loathing

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menace

Back 235

threat

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He said in tones of deep meaning and _____,“All right then, all right.”

Back 236

menace

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rebuke

Back 237

sharp, stern disapproval

Front 238

238
Piggy gave up the attempt to _____ Ralph.

Back 238

rebuke

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sanctity

Back 239

holiness

Front 240

240
...to the others the _____ of the platform had protected even what was useless there.

Back 240

sanctity

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hysteria

Back 241

extreme panic

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242
as time crept by there was a suggestion of panic in the energy and _____ in the cheerfulness.

Back 242

hysteria

Front 243

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tinder

Back 243

fuel for fire

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244
For the first time on the island, Piggy himself removed his one glass, knelt down and focused the sun on _____.

Back 244

tinder

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245
demure

Back 245

shy, modest, reserved

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246
Each of them wore the remains of a black cap and ages ago they had stood in two _____ rows and their voices had been the song of angels.

Back 246

demure

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fervor

Back 247

great warmth of feeling

Front 248

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If Jack was astonished by their _____ he did not show it.

Back 248

fervor

Front 249

239
sow

Back 249

female pig

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A little apart from the rest, sunk in deep maternal bliss, lay the largest ___ of the lot.

Back 250

sow

Front 251

241
demented

Back 251

insane

Front 252

242
One piglet, with a ____ shriek, rushed into the sea trailing Roger’s spear behind it.

Back 252

demented

Front 253

243
lust

Back 253

great desire

Front 254

244
...the sow staggered her way ahead of them, bleeding and mad, and the hunters followed, wedded to her in ____, excited by the long chase and the dropped blood.

Back 254

lust

Front 255

245
reek

Back 255

stink

Front 256

246
He giggled and flicked them while the boys laughed at his _____ palms.

Back 256

reeking

Front 257

247
pall

Back 257

to grow dull, boring

Front 258

248
At length even this _____.

Back 258

palled

Front 259

249
cynicism

Back 259

distrust of others, contempt

Front 260

250
The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite _____ of adult life. They assured Simon that everything was a bad business.

Back 260

cynicism

Front 261

251
obscene

Back 261

offensive to morality and decency

Front 262

252
Even the butterflies deserted the open space where the _____ thing grinned and dripped.

Back 262

obscene

Front 263

253
iridescent

Back 263

displaying lustrous colors like those of a rainbow

Front 264

254
They were black and _____ green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned.

Back 264

iridescent

Front 265

255
Lord of the Flies

Back 265

Beelzebub; Satan

Front 266

256
vex

Back 266

to annoy, bother, irritate

Front 267

257
He was _____ to find how little he thought like a grownup and sighed again.

Back 267

vexed

Front 268

258
taboo

Back 268

something absolutely forbidden

Front 269

259
“Jack.”
A _____ was evolving round that word too. Ralph nodded solemnly.

Back 269

taboo

Front 270

260
demoniac

Back 270

like a demon

Front 271

261
_____ figures with faces of white and red and green rushed out howling, so that the littluns fled screaming.

Back 271

Demoniac

Front 272

262
smut

Back 272

dirt

Front 273

263
Ralph was kneeling by the remains of the fire like a sprinter at his mark and his face was half-hidden by hair and _____.

Back 273

smut

Front 274

263
sufficiency

Back 274

to state of being enough

Front 275

264
They were regarding him gravely, not yet troubled by any doubts about his ______.

Back 275

sufficiency

Front 276

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grimace

Back 276

to make an ugly face; scowl

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parody

Back 277

a humorous imitation of a play, skit or other action

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For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the _____ of laugh.

Back 278

parody

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misguided

Back 279

led astray

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280
My poor, _____ child, do you think you know better than I do?”

Back 280

misguided

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buffet

Back 281

a gust of wind that knocks you about

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A _____ of wind made him stagger and he saw that he was out in the open, on rock, under a brassy sky.

Back 282

buffet

Front 283

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toil

Back 283

work

Front 284

284
He hid his face, and _____ on.

Back 284

worked

Front 285

285
corpulent

Back 285

fat

Front 286

286
Then, as the blue material of the parachute collapsed, the _____ figure would bow forward, sighing, and the flies settle once more

Back 286

corpulent

Front 287

287
corruption

Back 287

decay

Front 288

288
The tangle of lines showed him the mechanics of this parody; he examined the white nasal bones, the teeth, the colors of _____.

Back 288

corruption

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primly

Back 289

carefully, correctly

Front 290

290
Piggy took off his glasses, stepped _____ into the water and then put them on again.

Back 290

primly

Front 291

291
protrude

Back 291

to stick out

Front 292

292
His stomach _____ and the water dried on it.

Back 292

protruded

Front 293

293
garland

Back 293

decorated, festooned with flowers

Front 294

294
Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and _____, sat there like an idol.

Back 294

garlanded

Front 295

295
succulent

Back 295

juicy

Front 296

296
The boys with the spit gave Ralph and Piggy each a _____ chunk.

Back 296

succulent

Front 297

297
convey

Back 297

to carry

Front 298

298
His tone _____ a warning, given out of the pride of ownership...

Back 298

conveyed

Front 299

299
crimson

Back 299

very red

Front 300

300
Ralph went _____.

Back 300

crimson

Front 301

301
Cascade

Back 301

a waterfall; anything resembling a waterfall

Front 302

302
Now a great wind blew the rain sideways, _____ the water from the forest trees.

Back 302

cascading

Front 303

303
inquisitive

Back 303

curious

Front 304

304
Softly, surrounded by a fringe of _____ bright creatures...

Back 304

inquisitive

Front 305

305
steadfast

Back 305

immovable, unchanging

Front 306

306
...itself a silver shape beneath the _____ constellations...

Back 306

steadfast

Front 307

307
gesticulating

Back 307

gesturing, making purposeful movements with hands and arms

Front 308

308
"It wasn’t – what you said!” He was _____, searching for a formula.

Back 308

gesticulating

Front 309

309
stifle

Back 309

to quell, silence by force

Front 310

310

“After the feast,” Sam said in a _____ voice. Eric nodded.

Back 310

stifled

Front 311

311
daunted

Back 311

overcome with fear; intimidated

Front 312

312
Half-relieved, half-_____ by the implication of further terrors, the savages murmured again.

Back 312

daunted

Front 313

313
vague

Back 313

unclear

Front 314

314
The chief was _____ but earnest.

Back 314

vague

Front 315

315
implication

Back 315

hint; implied idead

Front 316

316
Half-relieved, half-daunted by the _____ of further terrors, the savages murmured again.

Back 316

implication

Front 317

317
ungainly

Back 317

awkward

Front 318

318
Ralph remembered the _____ figure on a parachute.

Back 318

ungainly

Front 319

319
vigorously

Back 319

energetically

Front 320

320
"We can light it every morning. Nobody ain’t going to see smoke in the dark.”
Sam nodded _____.

Back 320

vigorously

Front 321

321
rebuke

Back 321

chastise, tell someone off

Front 322

322
Piggy _____ him with dignity.

Back 322

rebuked

Front 323

323
woebegone

Back 323

extremely sad, dejected

Front 324

324
His twitching exhausted him till he lay, breathless and _____, waiting for the next spasm.

Back 324

woebegone

Front 325

325
snicker

Back 325

to laugh in a repressed, disrespectful manner

Front 326

326
Ralph continued to _____ though his chest hurt.

Back 326

snicker

Front 327

327
subside

Back 327

die down

Front 328

328
The sound of his book drowned all else and then _____.

Back 328

subsided

Front 329

329
composite

Back 329

combination

Front 330

330
A _____ of these things was prowling round the shelters.

Back 330

composite

Front 331

331
convulsive

Back 331

like a sudden spasm

Front 332

332
He could feel Piggy’s head against his shoulder and the _____ grip of a hand.

Back 332

convulsive

Front 333

333
quaver

Back 333

quiver + waver

Front 334

334
Ralph called out in a _____ voice.

Back 334

quavering

Front 335

335
detain

Back 335

to hold back

Front 336

336
Eric made a _____ gesture.

Back 336

detaining

Front 337

337
propitiate

Back 337

to soothe

Front 338

338
Piggy nodded _____.

Back 338

propitiatingly

Front 339

339
quench

Back 339

to satisfy (thirst), put out (fire)

Front 340

340
vitality

Back 340

life force

Front 341

341
Behind him came the twins, worried now for a while but full of _____ _____.

Back 341

unquenchable vitality

Front 342

342
accord

Back 342

agreement

Front 343

343
when they came in sight of it they stopped with one _____.

Back 343

accord

Front 344

344
truculent

Back 344

hostile

Front 345

345
_____ they squared up to each other but kept just out of fighting distance.

Back 345

Truculently

Front 346

346
inscrutable

Back 346

cannot be seen

Front 347

347
Jack watched him _____ through his paint.

Back 347

inscrutably

Front 348

348
pinnacle

Back 348

top

Front 349

349
Ralph glanced up at the _____, then toward the group of savages.

Back 349

pinnacles

Front 350

350
parry

Back 350

to ward off (a fencing term)

Front 351

351
He struck in a humming circle behind him and Ralph only just _____ the blow.

Back 351

parried

Front 352

352
ineffectual

Back 352

useless, not effective

Front 353

353
The twins lay, inexpertly tied up, and the tribe watched Ralph to see what he would do. He numbered them through his fringe, glimpsed the _____ smoke.

Back 353

ineffectual

Front 354

354
delirious

Back 354

wild with excitement, enthusiasm

Front 355

355
cynical

Back 355

distrusting or disparaging the motives of others

Front 356

356
He walked slowly into the middle of the clearing and looked steadily at the skull that gleamed as white as ever the conch had done and seemed to jeer at him _____.

Back 356

cynically

Front 357

357
acrid

Back 357

bitter in taste, smell

Front 358

358
He rubbed his cheek along his forearm, smelling the _____ scent of salt and sweat and the staleness of dirt.

Back 358

acrid

Front 359

359
inimical

Back 359

unfriendly, harmful

Front 360

360
To carry he must speak louder; and this would rouse those striped and ____ creatures from their feasting by the fire.

Back 360

inimical

Front 361

361
essay

Back 361

to try

Front 362

362
He wagged his spear and _____ fierceness.

Back 362

essayed

Front 363

363
antiphonal

Back 363

call and response

Front 364

364
Eric took up and the twins started their _____ speech.

Back 364

antiphonal

Front 365

365
ululate

Back 365

to howl like a dog or a wolf

Front 366

366
Eric raised his head and achieved a faint _____ by beating on his open mouth.

Back 366

ululation

Front 367

367
frond

Back 367

large fern leaf

Front 368

368
He felt with his hands and found cool, delicate _____ back against the thicket.

Back 368

fronds

Front 369

369
lair

Back 369

den of a wild animal

Front 370

370
Here then was the night’s _____.

Back 370

lair

Front 371

371
cordon

Back 371

a line of police or soldiers guarding an area

Front 372

372
There he would sit, and the search would pass him by, and the _____ waver on, ululating along the island, and he would be free.

Back 372

cordon

Front 373

373
elephantine

Back 373

slow, clumsy, ponderous

Front 374

374
Then the red thing was past and the _____ progress diminished toward the sea.

Back 374

elephantine

Front 375

375
crepitate

Back 375

to crackle, rattle, rustle

Front 376

376
He heard a curious trickling sound and then a louder _____ as if someone were unwrapping great sheets of cellophane.

Back 376

crepitating

Front 377

377
cellophane

Back 377

transparent paper product for packaging food

Front 378

378
balk

Back 378

to hinder, thwart

Front 379

379
Any savage _____ in the forest would utter the double shout and hold up the line till he was free again.

Back 379

balked

Front 380

380
There was another noise to attend to now, a deep grumbling noise, as though the forest itself were angry with him, a somber noise across which the ululations were scribbled _____ as on slate.

Back 380

excrutiatingly

Front 381

381
jeer

Back 381

to ridicule

Front 382

382
...there was the fathom-wide grin of the skull, no longer ridiculing a deep blue patch of sky but _____ up into a blanket of smoke.

Back 382

jeering

Front 383

383
cower

Back 383

to crouch down in fear

Front 384

384
Birds were screaming, mice shrieking, and a little hopping thing came under the mat and _____.

Back 384

cowered

Front 385

385
obscurity

Back 385

darkness, dimness

Front 386

386
The savage peered into the _____ beneath the thicket.

Back 386

obscurity

Front 387

387
decipher

Back 387

to make out the meaning of

Front 388

388
In the middle was a blob of dark and the savage wrinkled up his face, trying to _____ the darkness.

Back 388

decipher

Front 389

389
epaulettes

Back 389

shoulder decoration on uniform

Front 390

390
gilt

Back 390

golden

Front 391

391
He saw white drill, _____, a revolver, a row of _____ buttons down the front of a uniform.

Back 391

epaulettes.... gilt

Front 392

392
cutter

Back 392

a lightly armed boat

Front 393

393
rating

Back 393

an enlisted person in the navy

Front 394

394
On the beach behind him was a _____, her bows hauled up and held by two _____.

Back 394

cutter...ratings

Front 395

395
falter

Back 395

stumble, hesitate

Front 396

396
The ululation _____ and died away.

Back 396

faltered