Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies

• Vocabulary CH 2

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gesticulated

• gestured with one's hands

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Example

• "He gesticulated widely."

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induced

• persuaded

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Example

• "At last Ralph induced him to hold the shell but
  by then the blow of laughter had taken away the
  child's voice."

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compelled

• forced

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Example

• "Something he Ralph had not known was there
  rose in him and compelled him to make the point,
  loudly and again."

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errant

• disobedient

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Example

• "The noise of the errant assembly faded up the
  mountain."

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ebullience

• liveliness

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Example

• "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..."