English II Honors-Lord of the Flies VOCAB

Bastion

strongly fortified or defended place

Diffidently

lacking self-confidence; shy

Pall

a heavy dark covering; funeral covering; gloomy atmosphere

Enmity

hostility

Contrite

broken in spirit by a sense of guilt

Immured

shut up within walls; imprison

Tacit

implied or understood without being expressed; implicit

Perilous

full of danger

Myopia

near-sightedness

Inscrutable

cannot be understood

Discursive

rambling; lengthy with digressions

Antiphonal

sung or chanted response

Leviathan

a huge sea animal; something huge

Effigy

image or dummy representing somebody disliked

Corpulent

large or fat

Strident

strongly expressed; loud

Hiatus

break; interruption; unexpected gap

Specious

apparently true but actually false

Pliant

easily influenced; bendable

Sinewy

thin and strong; containing or resembling tendons

Vicissitudes

changes; variability; fluctuations

Vexed

angered or annoyed

Assimilating

absorbing; integrating

Derisive

mockingly scornful

Ensconce

to settle in comfortably; to be securely surrounded

Id

impulsive, child-like part of the psyche (Jack)

acts for personal pleasure with no thought beyond

Ego

organized, realistic, still flawed part of psyche (Ralph)

understands implications of actions although still sometimes acts for personal pleasure

Super-Ego

critical and moral part of the psyche (Simon)

dictates our actions based on what is right or wrong

actions go beyond self and will even act against self for the good of others