"The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" Vocabulary

system of ropes used to support and control masts, sails, and yards

• rigging
• profundity
• poignancy
• vapid
• uncouth

proper; tasteful; socially correct

• decorous
• rigging
• profundity
• poignancy
• vapid

light reddish or grayish purple

• mauve
• decorous
• rigging
• profundity
• poignancy

Bending easily and gracefully

• lithe
• mauve
• decorous
• rigging
• profundity

very old or old-fashioned

• archaic
• lithe
• mauve
• decorous
• rigging

melodious; pleasing to the ear

• dulcet
• archaic
• lithe
• mauve
• decorous

a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning

• pedants
• dulcet
• archaic
• lithe
• mauve

ordinariness; dullness; common

• banality
• pedants
• dulcet
• archaic
• lithe

very severe and strict about morals

• puritanical
• banality
• pedants
• dulcet
• archaic

a weak or lifeless feeling

• languor
• puritanical
• banality
• pedants
• dulcet