All 3 Uses of
speculate
in
Lord of the Flies
- 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 and speculated.
p. 18..9speculated = wondered
- Again he fell into that strange mood of speculation that was so foreign to him. If faces were different when lit from above or below—what was a face?
p. 78..1speculation = thought
- A theological speculation presented itself.
p. 161..2 *speculation = theory
Definition:
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(speculate as in: don't know, but I'll speculate) to think about, wonder, guess or theorize with much uncertainty