proffer
The fat boy waited to be asked his name in turn but this proffer of acquaintance was not made; the fair boy called Ralph smiled vaguely, stood up, and began to make his way once more toward the lagoon.
Lord of the Flies, pg.9
to put before a person for acceptance; offer
effulgence
With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence
Lord of the Flies, pg. 14
a brilliant radiance; a shining forth
suffusion
The suffusion drained away from Jack's face.
Lord of the Flies, pg. 23
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc
immured
Immured in these tangles, at perhaps their most difficult moment, Ralph turned with shining eyes to the others.
Lord of the Flies, pg.27
to shut in; seclude or confine
defiles
The boys chose their way through defiles and over heaps of sharp stone.
Lord of the Flies, pg.27
to make foul, dirty, or unclean; pollute; taint; debase
gesticulated
He gesticulated wildely.
Lord of the Flies, pg.34
to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech
ebullience
Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pck his way over the tumbled scar.
Lord of the Flies, pg.38
high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance
officious
There was pushing and pulling and officious cries.
Lord of the Flies, pg.40
objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person
hayrick
"You said you wanted a small fire and you been and built a pile like a hayrick..."
Lord of the Flies, pg.43
a haystack
festooned
Smoke was rising here and there among the creepers that festooned the dead or dying trees.
Lord of the Flies, pg.44
a decorative representation of this, as in architectural work or on pottery
vicissitudes
Jack stood there, streaming with sweat, streaked with brown earth, stained by all the vicissitudes of a days hunting.
Lord of the Flies, pg.49
a change or variation occurring in the course of something
declivities
But Jack was pointing to the high declivities that led down from the mountain to the flatter part of the island.
Lord of the Flies, pg.54
a change or variation occurring in the course of something
tacit
Jack nodded, as much for the sake of agreeing as anything, and by tacit consent they left the shelter and went toward the bathing pool.
Lord of the Flies, pg.55
understood without being openly expressed; implied
susurration
The deep sea breaking miles away on the reef made an undertone less perceptible than the susurration of the blood.
Lord of the Flies pg.57
a soft murmur; whisper
detritus
Perhaps food had appeared where at the last incursion there had been none; bird droppings, insects perhaps, any of the strewn detritus of landward life.
Lord of the Flies, pg.61
any disintegrated material; debris
lashings
There was lashings of blood.
Lord of the Flies, pg.69
an abundance; plenty
discursive
The assembly shredded away and became a discursive and random scatter from the palms to the water and away along the beach, beyond night-sight.
Lord of the Flies, pg.92
passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling
plinth
The squareness of the rock allowed a sort of plinth around it, so that to the right, over the lagoon, one could inch along a ledge and turn the corner out of sight.
Lord of the Flies, pg.106
a square base or a lower block, as of a pedestal
mutinously
Mutinously, the boys fell silent or muttering.
Lord of the Flies, pg.108
disposed to, engaged in, or involving revolt against authority
impervious
So they set, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming; round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched up a hole of blackness.
Lord of the Flies, pg.121
not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable