Lord of the Flies Vocabulary: CH 7

moors grasslands unusable for farmland; boggy areas (British)

Example: "They [Ralph's parents] had lived in a cottage on the edge of the moors..."

brandishing waving about in a threatening manner

"Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife." Example: "Jack had him by the hair and was brandishing his knife."

sagely wisely

"Everybody agreed [with Ralph] sagely." Example: "Everybody agreed [with Ralph] sagely."

daunting intimidating; discouraging

Example: "The word was too good, too bitter, too successfully daunting to be repeated."

impervious invulnerable; incapable of defeat

Example: "So they sat, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming..."