Both Uses of
surmount
in
Lord of the Flies
- The most usual feature of the rock was a pink cliff surmounted by a skewed block; and that again surmounted, and that again, till the pinkness became a stack of balanced rock projecting through the looped fantasy of the forest creepers.†
p. 26..4 *
- The most usual feature of the rock was a pink cliff surmounted by a skewed block; and that again surmounted, and that again, till the pinkness became a stack of balanced rock projecting through the looped fantasy of the forest creepers.†
p. 26..4
Definition:
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(surmount) overcome (to successfully deal with an obstacle)