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Lord of the Flies Vocabulary

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efflorescenceNoun - A state or time of flowering
enmityNoun - Deep-seated, often mutual hatred.
decorousAdj. - Characterized by or exhibiting decorum; proper: decorous behavior.
choristerNoun - A leader of a choir.
bastionNoun - A projecting part of a fortification.
hiatusNoun - A gap or an interruption in space, time, or continuity; a break.
ebullienceNoun - Zestful enthusiasm.
recriminationNoun - A countercharge.
tumultNoun - The din and commotion of a great crowd. A disorderly commotion or disturbance or a tempestuous uprising; a riot. Agitation of the mind or emotions.
tiradeNoun - A long angry or violent speech, usually of a censorious or denunciatory nature; a diatribe.
oppressiveAdj. - Difficult to bear; burdensome. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical. Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit.
inscrutableAdj. - Difficult to fathom or understand; impenetrable. Mysterious.
vicissitudesNoun - A change or variation. The quality of being changeable; mutability. One of the sudden or unexpected changes or shifts often encountered in one's life, activities, or surroundings.
declivitiesNoun - A downward slope, as of a hill.
tacitAdj. - Not spoken, implied by or inferred from actions or statements. Not speaking; silent.
blatantAdj. - Noisy, especially in a vulgar manor.
mirageNoun - An optical phenomenon produced by a layer of heated air of varieing density across which are seen usually inverted reflections of distant objects.
tabooAdj. - Set apart as charged with a dangerous supernatural power, and forbidden to profane use or contact; Banned on grounds of morality or taste as constituting a risk
sinewyAdj. - Strong and firm; tough.
malevolentlyAdj. - Having, showing, or arising from intense, often viscous ill will, spite or hatred.
ludicrousAdj. - Amusing or laughable through obious absurdity, incongruity, exageration, or eccentricity meriting derisive laughter or scorn as absurdly in ept, false, or foolish.
ineffectualAdj. - Not producing the proper or usual effect; futile.
jeerVerb - To speek or cry out with dirision or mockery.
indigoNoun - A blue vat dye obtained from plants by alteratino of the indican present. A variable color adverging a dark grayish blue.
inarticulareAdj. - Uttered or formed without the definate articulations of intelligable speech; incapable of speech est. under stress of emotion. In capable of being expressed by speech; incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression, to one's ideas or feelings.
theoremNoun - An idea excepted or proposed as a demonstratable truth, often as a part of a general theory.
appalledVerb - To grow pale, to be overcome with fear or dread.
leviathanNoun - Something unusually large of its kind, especially a ship; a very large animal, especially a whale.
clamorNoun - A loud outcry; a hubbub. A vehement expression of discontent or protest. A loud, sustained noise.
mutinouslyAdj. - Of, relating to, engaged in, disposed to, or constituting mutiny. Unruly; disaffected; turbulent and uncontrollable.
accessibleAdj. - Easily approached or entered; easily obtained; easy to talk to or get along with; easily swayed or influenced.
loiterVerb - To stand idly about; linger aimlessly; to delay or dawdle.
crestfallenAdj. - Dispirited and depressed; dejected.
imperviousAdj. - Incapable of being penetrated; incapable of being affected.
enterpriseNoun - An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication, and risk; industrious, systematic activity, especially when directed toward profit; a business organization.
gloweredVerb - To look or stare angrily or sullenly.
rebukeVerb - To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand; to check or repress. ---------OR --------- Noun - A sharp reproof.
demureAdj. - Modest and reserved in manner or behavior; affectedly shy, modest, or reserved.
fervorNoun - Great warmth and intensity of emotion; intense heat
sensuouslyAdj. - Of, relating to, or derived from the senses; appealing to or gratifying the senses; Readily affected through the senses.
staticAdj. - Having no motion; being at rest; quiescent; fixed; stationary. -----------OR--------------- Nouin - Random noise, such as crackling in a receiver or specks on a television screen, produced by atmospheric disturbance of the signal.
buffetNoun - A large sideboard with drawers and cupboards; A counter or table from which meals or refreshments are served; A meal at which guests serve themselves from various dishes displayed on a table or sideboard.
corpulentAdj. - Excessively fat.
saunteredNoun - To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll.
cascadingNoun - A waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks; Something, such as lace, thought to resemble a waterfall or series of small waterfalls, especially an arrangement or fall of material; A succession of stages, processes, operations, or units.


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