All 3 Uses
pinnacle
in
Lord of the Flies
(Edited)
- There was the neck of land, the ledge skirting the rock, up there were the red pinnacles.
p. 174.4 *pinnacles = high points
- High above them from the pinnacles came a sudden shout and then an imitation war-cry that was answered by a dozen voices from behind the rock.
p. 174.9
- Ralph glanced up at the pinnacles, then toward the group of savages.
p. 177.8
Definitions:
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(1)
(pinnacle) the highest point -- either literally, like the top of a mountain, or figuratively, like the peak of success or achievement
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)