Lord of the Flies Vocabulary: CH 2

gesticulated gestured with one's hands

"He gesticulated widely." Example: "He gesticulated widely."

induced persuaded

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

compelled forced

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

errant disobedient

"The noise of the errant assembly faded up the mountain." Example: "The noise of the errant assembly faded up the mountain."

ebullience liveliness

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..."