Vocabulary+for+Lord+of+the+Flies

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 * [|efflorescence] || 12 || Blooming of flowers, state of flowering ||
 * [|enmity] || 14 || Deep seated hatred; State of being an enemy ||
 * [|decorous] || 15 || Exhibiting appropriate behavior or conduct ||
 * [|chorister] || 22 || A singer or leader of a choir ||
 * [|bastion] || 29 || A stronghold or fortification; similar to a stronghold ||
 * [|hiatus] || 31 || A gap or interruption in continuity; a break or pause ||
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 * [|ebullience] || 38 || Zestful or spirited enthusiasm ||
 * [|recrimination] || 43 || The act of accusing in return; opposing another charge ||
 * [|tumult] || 43 || Commotion of a great crowd; disorder ||
 * [|tirade] || 45 || A long angry or violent speech; a diatribe ||
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 * [|oppressive] || 49 || Using power unjustly; burdensome ||
 * [|inscrutable] || 49 || Difficult to understand, mysterious ||
 * [|vicissitudes] || 49 || A change or variation; unexpected changes in life ||
 * [|declivities] || 54 || Downward slopes, as of a hill ||
 * [|tacit] || 55 || Not spoken; implied by actions or statements ||
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 * [|blatant] || 58 || Totally or offensively obtrusive; very obvious ||
 * [|taboo] || 62 || Excluded or forbidden from use or mention ||
 * [|sinewy] || 64 || Lean and muscular; stringy and tough ||
 * [|malevolently] || 71 || Having an ill will or wishing harm to others; malicious ||
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 * [|ludicrous] || 78 || laugibly and obviously absurd; foolish ||
 * [|ineffectual] || 79 || Insufficient to produce an effect; useless ||
 * [|jeer] || 84 || to abuse vocally; taunt or mock ||
 * [|inarticulate] || 89 || Incomprehensible; unable to speak with clarity ||
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 * [|leviathan] || 105 || Something very large; giant sea creature in the Bible ||
 * [|clamor] || 108 || A loud outcry; great expression of discontent ||
 * [|mutinously] ||  || Unruly; insubordinate or constituting a mutiny ||
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 * [|crestfallen] || 117 || Dispirited and depressed; dejected ||
 * [|impervious] || 121 || Incapable of being penetrated or affected. ||
 * [|enterprise] || 122 || An undertaking or business organization; industrious ||
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 * [|glowered] || 127 || Looked at or stared angrily or sullenly ||
 * [|rebuke] || 128 || To criticize sharply; check or repress ||
 * [|demure] || 133 || Modest and reserved in manner or behavior ||
 * [|fervor] || 133 || Great intensity of emotion; intense heat ||
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 * [|corpulent] || 146 || Excessively fat ||
 * [|sauntered] || 150 || To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll ||
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 * [|compelled] || 167 || To force or drive; exert a strong, irresistable force on ||
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 * [|luminous] || 169 || Emitting light; full of light ||
 * [|myopia] || 169 || Nearsightedness ||
 * [|sniveling] || 170 || To sniffle; complain or whine tearfully ||
 * [|quavered] || 174 || Trembled, or spoke in a trembling voice ||
 * [|parried] || 179 || Deflected or warded off; avoided ||
 * [|talisman] || 180 || An object with magical power ||
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 * [|acrid] || 186 || Unpleasantly sharp or bitter taste or smell ||
 * [|cordon] || 191 || A line of people or ships stationed to guard ||
 * [|elephantine] || 194 || The size of an elephant; enormous size/strength ||
 * [|epaulettes] || 200 || A fringed strap worn on military uniforms ||
 * [|myopia] || 169 || Nearsightedness ||
 * [|sniveling] || 170 || To sniffle; complain or whine tearfully ||
 * [|quavered] || 174 || Trembled, or spoke in a trembling voice ||
 * [|parried] || 179 || Deflected or warded off; avoided ||
 * [|talisman] || 180 || An object with magical power ||
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 * [|acrid] || 186 || Unpleasantly sharp or bitter taste or smell ||
 * [|cordon] || 191 || A line of people or ships stationed to guard ||
 * [|elephantine] || 194 || The size of an elephant; enormous size/strength ||
 * [|epaulettes] || 200 || A fringed strap worn on military uniforms ||
 * [|epaulettes] || 200 || A fringed strap worn on military uniforms ||