definitions

Chapter 1

Scar
 All around him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat.
 A mark left on the stem of a branch or leaf

Megaphone
 “Where’s the man with the megaphone?”
 A cone shaped device used to intensify or direct the voice

Reef
 That’s a reef out in the sea.
 A chain or range of rocks laying at the top of the water

Lagoon
 Within the irregular arc of corral the lagoon was still as a mountain lake.
 A shallow pond, lake channel, near the sea

Motif
 Here the beach was interrupted abruptly by the square motif of the landscape.
 An influence of stimulating prompting action

Species
 Ralph had been deceived before now by the specious appearance of depth in the beach pool.
 Presenting a pleasing appearance

Irrelevance
 Who is in this context was an irrelevance.
 To not make sense with the topic

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