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Again he fell into that strange mood of speculation that was so foreign to him. If faces were different when lit from above or below - what was a face? What was anything? SAGELY: n. 1. One venerated for experience, judgment, and wisdom. — sage adj. sager, sagest. 1. Having or exhibiting wisdom and calm judgment. 2. Proceeding from or marked by wisdom and calm judgment. 3. Archaic. Serious; solemn. — sagely adv. — sageness n. Now it was Ralph’s turn to flush but he spoke despairingly, out of the new understanding that Piggy had given him. They were regarding him gravely, not yet troubled by any doubts about his sufficiency. Ralph pushed the idiot hair out of his eyes and looked at Piggy. SPOUT: v. spouted, spouting, spouts. — intr. 1. To gush forth in a rapid stream or in spurts. 2. To discharge a liquid or other substance continuously or in spurts. 3. Informal. To speak volubly and tediously. — tr. 1. To cause to flow or spurt out. 2. To utter volubly and tediously. 3. Chiefly British. To pawn. — spout n. 1. A tube, mouth, or pipe through which liquid is released or discharged. 2. A continuous stream of liquid. 3. The burst of spray from the blowhole of a whale. 4. Chiefly British. A pawnshop. — spouter n.
Then when you get here you build a bonfire that isn’t no use. Now you been and set the whole island on fire. Won’t we look funny if the whole island burns up? Cooked fruit, that’s what we’ll have to eat, and roast pork. And that’s nothing to laugh at! You said Ralph was chief and you don’t give him time to think. Then when he says something you rush off, like, like-” He glanced at Ralph, who blurted out the last confession of incompetence. “Has anyone got any matches?” Closely associated with war, the novel took its title from Beelzebub, a biblical demon who is considered the god of pride and warfare. The novel is often viewed as a bleak satirical interpretation of a famous children's book, Coral Island, about adventure and the experience of boys living in an exotic island, similar to the setting of Golding's novel. The protagonists in Coral Island are able to master nature while avoiding danger in a hostile environment. A recurring theme in Lord of the Flies is the matter of colonial narration found in many British books of this period. [14] IMPROVISATION: improvise: v. improvised, improvising, improvises. — tr. 1. To invent, compose, or recite without preparation. 2. To make or provide from available materials. — intr. To invent, compose, recite, or execute something offhand. — improviser n. INDIGO: n., pl. indigos or indigoes. 1.a. Any of various shrubs or herbs of the genus Indigofera in the pea family, having odd-pinnate leaves and usually red or purple flowers in axillary racemes. b. A blue dye obtained from these plants or produced synthetically. 2. Any of several related plants, especially those of the genera Amorpha or Baptisia. 3. Abbr. ind. Color. The hue of that portion of the visible spectrum lying between blue and violet, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 420 to 450 nanometers; a dark blue to grayish purple blue. — indigo adj.CORRUPTION: corrupt: adj. 1. Marked by immorality and perversion; depraved. 2. Venal; dishonest. 3. Containing errors or alterations, as a text. 4. Archaic. Tainted; putrid. — corrupt v. corrupted, corrupting, corrupts. — tr. 1. To destroy or subvert the honesty or integrity of. 2. To ruin morally; pervert. 3. To taint; contaminate. 4. To cause to become rotten; spoil. 5. To change the original form of (a text, for example). — intr. To become corrupt. — corrupter or corruptor n. — corruptive adj. — corruptly adv. — corruptness n. Ralph too was fighting to get near, to get a handful of that brown, vulnerable flesh. The desire to squeeze and hurt was over-mastering.
The boys began to babble. Only Piggy could have the intellectual daring to suggest moving the fire from the mountain. CLAMOR: n. 1. A loud outcry; a hubbub. 2. A vehement expression of discontent or protest. 3. A loud, sustained noise. — clamor v. clamored, clamoring, clamors. — intr. 1. To make a loud, sustained noise or outcry. 2. To make insistent demands or complaints. — tr. 1. To exclaim insistently and noisily. 2. To influence or force by clamoring. — clamorer n. We haven’t made a fire,” he said, “what’s any use. We couldn’t keep a fire like that going, not if we tried.’ We’ll let the fire burn out now. Who would see smoke at night-time, anyway? And we can start the fire again whenever we like. Altos, you can keep the fire going this week, and trebles the next-” Search | RSC Performances | LOF199508 - The Lord of the Flies". Shakespeare Birthplace Trust . Retrieved 1 April 2023.SQUAWK: v. squawked, squawking, squawks. –intr. 1. To utter a harsh scream; screech. 2. Informal. To complain or protest noisily or peevishly. — tr. 1. To utter with or as if with a squawk. — squawk n. 1. A loud screech. 2. A noisy complaint. — squawker n. You hunters! You can laugh! But I tell you smoke is more important than the pig, however often you kill one. Do all of you see?" He spread his arms wide and turned to the whole triangle. GESTICULATE: v. gesticulated, gesticulating, gesticulates. — intr. 1. To make gestures especially while speaking, as for emphasis. — tr. To say or express by gestures. — gesticulative adj. — gesticulator n. — gesticulatory adj. Piggy was speaking now with more assurance and with what, if the circumstances had not been so serious, the others would have recognized as pleasure.
And about the beast. When we kill we'll leave some of the kill for it. Then it won't bother us, maybe.”His voice lifted into the whine of virtuous recrimination. They stirred and began to shout him down. The Big Read – Top 100 Books". BBC. April 2003. Archived from the original on 28 October 2012 . Retrieved 18 October 2012. There was a long pause while the assembly grinned at the thought of anyone going out in the darkness. Then Simon stood up and Ralph looked at him in astonishment.
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