Lord of the Flies: Chapters 10-12

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

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  1. assimilate
    take up mentally
    He ceased to work at his tooth and sat still, assimilating the possibilities of irresponsible authority.
  2. ungainly
    lacking grace in movement or posture
    Ralph remembered the ungainly figure on a parachute.
  3. woebegone
    worn and broken down by hard use
    His twitchings exhausted him till he lay, breathless and woebegone, waiting for the next spasm.
  4. myopia
    eyesight abnormality in which distant objects appear blurred
    The twins watched anxiously and Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his myopia.
  5. multitudinous
    too numerous to be counted
    There was silence, except for the multitudinous murmur of the bees.
  6. cessation
    a stopping
    The twins, puzzled, looked at each other; while Piggy, reassured by the cessation of violence, stood up carefully.
  7. parry
    impede the movement of
    He struck in a humming circle behind him and Ralph only just parried the blow.
  8. talisman
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
    By him stood Piggy still holding out the talisman, the fragile, shining beauty of the shell.
  9. acrid
    strong and sharp, as a taste or smell
    He rubbed his cheek along his forearm, smelling the acrid scent of salt and sweat and the staleness of dirt.
  10. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
    To carry he must speak louder; and this would rouse those striped and inimical creatures from their feasting by the fire.
  11. ululation
    a long, loud, emotional howl or cry
    Eric raised his head and achieved a faint ululation by beating on his open mouth.
  12. goad
    urge with or as if with a prod
    He could not bring himself to be specific at first; but then fear and loneliness goaded him.
  13. ensconce
    fix firmly
    At first light he would creep into the thicket, squeeze between the twisted stems, ensconce himself so deep that only a crawler like himself could come through, and that crawler would be jabbed.
  14. bramble
    any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
    A nearer cry stood him on his feet and immediately he was away again, running fast among thorns and brambles.
  15. epaulette
    an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder
    He saw white drill, epaulettes, a revolver, a row of gilt buttons down the front of a uniform.
Created on Mon Oct 07 12:50:39 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Jul 01 18:01:17 EDT 2025)

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