Word-in-Context The Lord of the Flies

Though flooded most of the year, the inlet is ____ in early spring when plants carpet the ground with bright colors.

At different times, Ralph might be either brusque or compassionate; his peculiar combination of ___ and ___ often confused the boys.

During the day, downpours were ____, starting and stopping at nearly regular intervals.

The ___ waters of the shallow lake made the fish clearly visible to Jack and his pack of boys.

Teasing and taunting the weaker students, Jack quickly became known as the island ___.

Simon’s dreams were vivid when he was asleep, but ____ when he was awake, as the details would be just out of his mental grasp in the morning.

Ironically, every argument intended to change Jack’s thinking actually served to ____ his beliefs in the policy.

Ralph gave a moderately accurate ____ account of what happened, but the ship’s grew was hoping to ___ hearing a mere timeline; they wanted vivid details.

To make themselves more difficult to track, the boys ran a ____ path, never running in a straight line through any part of the woods.

Never one to ____ himself, Ralph chose to deflect the acclaim heaped upon him from his followers.