LOTF Part Two Vocabulary

the overspreading of color; blushing complexion

• indignation

• suffusion

• bastion

• aromatic

a bitter speech of angry criticism

(a)  

go off in different directions

• dispersal

• glamour

• pliant

• hiatus

What does festooned mean in this sentence: "Smoke was rising here and there among the creepers that festooned the dead or dying trees."

• without respect

• tight

• decorated

• agreement

to get on top of

• assented

• fluently

• indignation

• surmounted

confusion or disorderly situation

(a)  

a stronghold or fortification; the projecting part of a castle wall

• bastion

• hiatus

• swathe

• enormity

to have expressed agreement

• surmounted

• assented

• petered

• contemptuously

too eager to offer advice or opinions

• lavishly

• conspiratorial

• officious

• pliant

Which part of this sentence gives a clue to the meaning of "hiatus?"

• scream

• blade

• jerk

• pause