Lord of the Flies Vocab 2
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- enmity
- hatred between two people, hostility
- chorister
- singer, boy in choir
- decorous
- polite behavior, proper manners
- hiatus
- break, interval, pause
- efflorescence
- bloom, flourish
- bastion
- fort, wall, protection
- tumult
- chaos, disorder
- tirade
- sermon, tantrum, yelling fit
- ebullience
- enthusiasm, excitement
- recrimination
- blame, accusation
- declivities
- slopes, hills
- tacit
- easily understood, clear
- inscrutable
- confusing, mysterious
- vicissitudes
- fortunes, luck
- oppressive
- forceful, intense, severe
- appalled
- horrified, shocked, surprised
- blatant
- loud, noisy; ovious, bold
- clamored
- demanded, complained, argued over
- inarticulate
- unable to speak clearly
- indigo
- deep blue, purple
- ineffectual
- unable to produce desired results
- jeer
- mock, taunt, tease
- leviathan
- sea monster; any huge thing
- ludicrous
- crazy, ridiculous, absurd
- malevolent
- mean spirited, to wish harm on
- mirage
- illusion of water or heat
- mutinous
- rebellious; against authority
- sinewy
- muscular, "ripped"
- taboo
- cultural no-no's, unwritten laws
- theorem
- proposed idea without proof
- accessible
- available, within reach
- crestfallen
- sad, disapppointed
- impervious
- unable to pierce or break through; unaware
- loiter
- hang around, wait, linger
- enterprise
- a big job, an undertaking
- sensuous
- pleasurable; anyhing involving the 5 senses
- glower
- frown, stare angrily
- rebuke
- correct, scold
- fervor
- great emotion, passion; determination
- demure
- modest, shy
- corpulant
- fat, heavy, large
- buffeted
- struck, hit, beat up
- static
- inactive, resting, unchanging
- saunter
- walk with confidence, cocky stride
- cascade
- flow over, spill out as in waterfalls
- compelled
- forced, strongly persuaded
- ambush
- sneak attack
- myopia
- nearsightedness
- quaver
- shake, sway
- falter
- trip, lose one's footing, fall behind
- talisman
- (good luck) charm, a ring, a stone
- vegetation
- any plant growth, ivy
- sniveling
- crying and sniffing
- cordon
- line or circle of troops guarding an area
- acrid
- sharp or bitter taste or smell; esp. smoke
- elephantine
- huge, monsterous, gigantic
- luminous
- bright, shiny
- liberation
- freedom
- wary
- unsure, cautious
- parry
- to ward of a blow, dodge, evade