English Analysis

elevate raise from a lower to a higher position The glittering sea rose up, moved apart in planes of blatant impossibility; the coral reef and the few stunted palms that clung to the more elevated parts would float up into the sky, would quiver, be plucked apart, run like raindrops on a wire or speculate reflect deeply on a subject Their heads clustered above the trunks in the green shade; heads brown, fair, black, chestnut, sandy, mouse-colored; heads muttering, whispering, heads full of eyes that watched Ralph andspeculated. fascinate to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe This was fascinating to Henry. revolve turn on or around an axis or a center The dispersed figures had come together on the sand and were a dense black mass that revolved. tangle twist together or entwine into a confusing mass "Them fruit," he said, "I expect-"He put on his glasses, waded away from Ralph, and crouched down among the tangled foliage. subdue put down by force or intimidation Those who were aware that a ship had passed the island while the fire was out were subdued by the thought of Ralph's anger; while those, including the littluns who did not know, were impressed by the general air of solemnity. stumble miss a step and fall or nearly fall Stumbling about among all those creepers." liberate grant freedom to; free from confinement He capered toward Bill, and the mask was a thing on its own, behind which Jack hid, liberatedfrom shame and self-consciousness. antagonism an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility Now the antagonism was audible. disperse move away from each other Ralph looked back at the dispersing smoke on the horizon, then up at the mountain. poke hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument He tore out the stem and began to poke about