lord of the flies vocab by Chris malcolm
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- motif
- a single or repeated design or color
- specious
- having deceptive attraction or allure
- MIRAGES
- optical effects appearing as a pool of water or a mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted
- enmity
- hatred; ill will
- strident
- characterized by harsh insistent and discordant sound
- eccentric
- deviating from usual, established pattern or from accepted usage or conduct
- furtive
- wxpressive of stealth; sly; secretive
- mortification
- a sense of humiliation and shame
- immured
- enclosed within
- bastion
- projecting part of fortification; a fortified area or position; stronghold;
- gesticulated
- make gestures
- officious
- volunteering ones services where they are neither asked for nor needed
- ebullience
- the quality of lively or enthusiance expression of thoughts or feelings; exuberance
- recrimination
- a bitter retort; a charge agasint an accuser
- pall
- something that cowers or conceats;
- abyss
- immeasurably deep gulf or great space
- inscrutable
- not readily interpreted; mysterious; hard to grasp;
- castanet
- a rythm instrument that consists of two small shells of ivory, hardwood, or plastic fastenec to the thumb and clicked together by the other fingers
- vicissitudes
- fluctuations of states or conditions; visible mutations or natural changes
- contrite
- expressing remorse for one's sins or shortcomings
- incredulous
- disbelieving; skeptical
- baffled
- defeated by confusion or puzzlement;frustrated; disconcerned
- susurration
- a whispering sound; a murmur
- blatant
- completely obvious, conspicuous, or obtrusive
- unpalpable
- incapable of being felt by touch; intangible
- myriad
- an immense numberl from greek, 10,000;
- preposterous
- contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd
- taboo
- banned on grounds of mortality or taste
- swarthiness
- darkness of complexion
- tacitly
- expressed without words; silently
- errant
- straying outside the proper path or bounds
- malevolently
- visiously;spitefully;hatefully
- obscurely
- indistinctly; without full understanding or expression
- opaque
- hard to understand or explain
- improvisation
- the art or act of making up stuff without practice
- jeeringly
- mockingly
- lamentably
- Inspiring or deserving of lament or regret; deplorable or pitiable.
- ludicrous
- amusing but absurd
- expansively
- with delusions of self-importance;
- effigy
- an image or representation, especially of a person
- perilous
- hazardous; dangerous
- tempestuously
- violently; agitatedly
- discursive
- digressive; trailing off from the main point
- inarticulate
- Uttered without the use of normal words or syllables; incomprehensible as speech or language
- incantation
- A formula used in ritual recitation; a verbal charm or spell.
- interminable
- being or seeming to have no end
- tremulously
- tremblingly;fearfully
- exasperation
- the state of being annoyed
- incredulity
- The state or quality of being incredulous; disbelief.
- diffidently
- shyly; reservedly
- constrainedly
- n a constrained manner
- exulting
- rejoicing
- somberly
- seriously; gravely
- mutinously
- rebelliously
- obtuseness
- dullness
- brandishing
- To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly
- daunting
- dismaying; intimidating
- impervious
- inpenetrable
- contemptuously
- disrespectfully
- derisive
- expressing or causing scrorn vocally
- sanctity
- the sanctity or state of being holy or sacred
- demure
- reserved; modest
- demented
- mad; insane
- iridescent
- having or exhibiting a play of colors producing rainbow effects: also glittering
- parody
- a feeble or ridiculous imitation
- corpulent
- having a large, bulky body
- succulent
- full of juice; juicy
- abdominable
- worthy of or causing disgust or hatred;
- loathing
- extreme disgust
- theological
- relating to or of the study of God and his relation to the world
- conviction
- a strong persuasion or belief
- purged
- cleansed of
- myopia
- a type of vision where distant objects seem blurred
- multitudinous
- including many individual things; existing great in numbers
- propitiatingly
- To conciliate (an offended power); appease: propitiate the gods with a sacrifice.
- truculently
- belligerently; self-assertively or aggressive
- talisman
- something producing magic affects
- inimical
- unfriendly; hostile
- ulation
- a howl; a wail
- excruciatingly
- painfully; agoinizingly