Lord Of The Flies Flashcards

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Clambering

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Climb/move in awkward way

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Proffer

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Offer or suggestion

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Effulgence

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Extreme brightness

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Enmity

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State of feeling oppressed or hostile to someone

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5
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Decorous

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Polite or restrained

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6
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Fulcrum

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Pivot point of lever

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7
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Furtive

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Attempting to avoid attention or noticed

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8
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Indigestion

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Anger or annoyance by unfair treatment

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Bastion

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Part of fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall

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10
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Hiatus

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A pause or gap in a sequence, series or process

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Gesticulated

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Use gestures instead of speaking or to emphasize ones words

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12
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Clamored

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Shout loudly and insistently

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13
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Ebullience

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Enthusiastic or lively reaction

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Asserted

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State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

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15
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Recrimination

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An accusation in response to one from someone else

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16
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Hayrick

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Haystack

17
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Tumult

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Loud, confused noise generally created by large mass of people

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Tirade

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Long, angry speech of criticism or accusation

19
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Festooned

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A place with ribbons, garlands or other decorations

20
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Tendril

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A threadlike appendage of a climbing plant that stretches out and twines around suitable support

21
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Pendant

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Piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn around neck

22
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Oppressive

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Unreasonably burdensome or unjustly inflicting hardship/constraint

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Inscrutable

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Impossible to understand or interpret

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Vicissitudes

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Change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant

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Antagonism

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Active hostility or oppression

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Indignant

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Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

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Declivities

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Downward slope

28
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Tacit

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Understood or implied w/o being stated

29
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Susurration

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Whispering, murmuring or rustling