Lord Of The Flies Flashcards
Clambering
Climb/move in awkward way
Proffer
Offer or suggestion
Effulgence
Extreme brightness
Enmity
State of feeling oppressed or hostile to someone
Decorous
Polite or restrained
Fulcrum
Pivot point of lever
Furtive
Attempting to avoid attention or noticed
Indigestion
Anger or annoyance by unfair treatment
Bastion
Part of fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall
Hiatus
A pause or gap in a sequence, series or process
Gesticulated
Use gestures instead of speaking or to emphasize ones words
Clamored
Shout loudly and insistently
Ebullience
Enthusiastic or lively reaction
Asserted
State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully
Recrimination
An accusation in response to one from someone else
Hayrick
Haystack
Tumult
Loud, confused noise generally created by large mass of people
Tirade
Long, angry speech of criticism or accusation
Festooned
A place with ribbons, garlands or other decorations
Tendril
A threadlike appendage of a climbing plant that stretches out and twines around suitable support
Pendant
Piece of jewelry that hangs from a chain worn around neck
Oppressive
Unreasonably burdensome or unjustly inflicting hardship/constraint
Inscrutable
Impossible to understand or interpret
Vicissitudes
Change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
Antagonism
Active hostility or oppression
Indignant
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment
Declivities
Downward slope
Tacit
Understood or implied w/o being stated
Susurration
Whispering, murmuring or rustling
