Lord of the Flies Vocab.

Question 1

Clamor

Answer 1

a loud outcry, roar

Question 2

Conch

Answer 2

medium to large sized sea snails or their shells

Question 3

Ebullience

Answer 3

enthusiastic, exuberant

Question 4

Effulgence

Answer 4

radiance, brilliance

Question 5

Enmity

Answer 5

the bitter attitudes of feelings of n enemy, hostility

Question 6

Decorous

Answer 6

having or showing good taste in behavior

Question 7

Errant

Answer 7

roving or wandering, especially in search of adventure

Question 8

Fulcrum

Answer 8

the support on which a lever turns in raising something

Question 9

Hiatus

Answer 9

a gap or break, where as a part is missing; any gap or interruption in time

Question 10

Immure

Answer 10

to shut up within walls, to coffin

Question 11

Incredulous

Answer 11

unwilling to believe; showing doubt or disbelief

Question 12

Loll

Answer 12

to lean or lounge about lazily

Question 13

Martyred

Answer 13

to kill or persecute for a belief

Question 14

Mirage

Answer 14

an optical illusion caused by the reflection of light, in which a distant object appears to be nearby, inverted, etc.

Question 15

Mortification

Answer 15

to humiliate

Question 16

Pallid

Answer 16

faint in color, pale

Question 17

Pliant

Answer 17

easily bent

Question 18

Proffer

Answer 18

to offer

Question 19

Suffuse

Answer 19

to overspread so as to fill with a glow

Question 20

Swathing

Answer 20

to wrap in a long strip of cloth; to envelop, to enclose