Vocabulary in Context Quiz

Vocabulary in Context

• Acceptance/Rejection: A proposal offered for consideration.
• Acquaintance: The act of becoming familiar with someone, often through introductions.
• Disturbance: A disruption or upheaval.
• Efflorescence: A flourishing or blossoming, specifically of plants.
• Expectation: Anticipation or a feeling that something will happen.
• Idleness: Laziness or a lack of activity.
• Enmity: Hostility or antagonism.
• Interposition: Placing something between two things, creating separation.
• Irrelevance: Lack of bearing or connection to a topic.
• Mortification: Deep embarrassment or shame.
• Pallor: Unnatural lack of color, often in skin tone.
• Pliant: Easily bent, flexible.
• Secrecy: The state of being hidden or kept secret.
• Strident: Loud and harsh, often unpleasant.
• Susurration: A soft whispering or rustling sound.
• Tacit Consent: Agreement implied by actions rather than words.
• Upheavals: Violent disturbances or disruptions.
• Vicissitudes: Unexpected changes or shifts in circumstances.
• Incredulous: Disbelieving or skeptical.
• Ebullience: Enthusiastic and excited behavior, often boisterous.
• Hiatus: A pause, a break or gap in something.
• Festooned: Decorated with something hanging in a decorative drape.
• Martyred Expression: An expression of suffering or self-sacrifice.
• Savaged: Destroyed or altered with significant damage.
• Streaming: Flowing profusely or exceedingly.
• Unnatural: Not conforming to natural or typical patterns.
• Phantoms: Imaginary or unreal images, often of a disturbing nature.
• Specious: Appearing to be true or credible, but in fact deceptive or false.
• Effulgence: Brilliant shining or radiance, causing a dazzling light.
• Immured: Confined or imprisoned within something, often physically.
• Embossed: Having a decorated pattern raised above the surface.
• Eager Enjoyment: Strong feeling of pleasure or enthusiasm.
• Coarseness: Roughness or lack of refinement.
• Deception: Tricking, misleading or fooling someone.
• Delicate: Beautifully or subtly fine or intricate.
• Disappointment: Feeling of sadness because something failed to meet expectations.
• Enmity: Hostility or antagonism
• Inner Intensity: Intense feelings held within.
• Martyred: Suffering hardship or sacrifice.
• Obstinate: Stubborn, unwilling to change one’s mind.

Details from the Text

• A boy named Ralph: A twelve-year-old boy.
• Piggy: A significant character in the story.
• Lagoon: a body of water or inlet near a coast.
• Tropical Weed: Plants or algae found in warm tropical areas.
• Coral: Hard substance that forms reefs in shallow tropical or subtropical seas.
• Beach Pool: Shallow pools by the beach.
• Shell: A protective outer covering of specific animals.
• Conch: A large, spiral-shaped shell.
• Forest: A large land area covered with trees.
• Smoke and Flame: Indicating a fire or wildfire.
• Bathing Pool: A pool of water for swimming or bathing.
• Reef: A ridge of rock or coral that rises from the sea floor.
• Heat and Urgency: Suggestive of a stressful or intense environment.
• Pig: A non-human character or an animal.
• Creepers: Climbing plants.
• Dead Trees: Trees that are no longer alive.
• Platform: A raised area.
• Ground Beneath: The ground where people are standing.
• Turtles and Plants: Common features in the descriptions.
• Day-dream: An imagined series of events.
• Tropical Environment: An atmosphere and setting rich with warmth, plants, and wildlife.
• Blinding Effulgence: A dazzling glare.