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Lord Of The Flies Vocab Flashcards

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Interminable

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  • Adj
  • Having no end

Interminably

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Vulnerable

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  • Adj
  • Easily hurt / open to attack or injury

Vulnerability
Vulnerableness
Vulnerably

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Impervious

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  • Adj
  • Incapable of being injured / attacked

Imperviousness
Imperviously

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Furtive

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  • Adj
  • Sneaky or sly
  • Surreptitious (Syn)

Furtively
Furtiveness

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Fervor

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  • N
  • Strong feeling of excitement
  • Ardor, zeal (Syn)

Fervent

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Covert

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  • Adj
  • Hidden / secret
  • N
  • A place that is…

Covertly
Covertness

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Incredulous

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  • Adj
  • Shock / Disbelief

Incredulously (Adv)

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Superficial

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  • Adj
  • At or near the surface (shallow)

Superficially
Superficialness
Superficious

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Derision

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  • N
  • Ridicule

Deride V
Derisive ADJ

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Corruption

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  • N
  • Decaying
  • (The act of) rotting

Corrupt
Corruptive

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Demented

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  • Adj
  • Insane
  • Tv
  • To make insane

Dementia
Dementedly
Dementedness

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Gesticulate

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  • V
  • To make gestures

Gesticulative ADJ
Gesticulator N
Gesticulatory ADV

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Obscene

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  • Adj
  • Very offensive to morality
    Syn: Repulsive, lewd

Obscenely ADV

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Ludicrous

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  • Adj
  • Very foolish

Ludicrously
Ludicrousness

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Inscrutable

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  • Adj
  • Difficult to understand or see

Inscrutability N
Inscrutableness
Inscrutably ADV

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Talisman

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  • N
  • A charm (magical or decorative)

Talismanic
Talismanicly

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Ineffectual

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  • Adj
  • Not producing wanted effect
    Syn: Futile, unavailing

Ineffectuality
Ineffectness

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Propitiate

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  • Tv
  • To appease or satisfy
    Syn: Conciliate

Propitiator
Propitiation

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Cordon

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N - Someone that is protesting or guarding something / someone

Tv - To form something that protects something

Cordoned
Cordoning

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Obscurity

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  • N
  • State of being unknown
    Ant: Dissent

Antiphonary

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Inimical

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  • Adj
  • Showing hostility

Inimical

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Motif

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  • N
  • Repeated theme, idea, or pattern

Motific ADJ

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Specious

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  • Adj
  • Deceptively pleasing or good

Speciously ADV
Speciousness N

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Intimidate

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  • Vt
  • To make someone afraid

Intimidation N
Intimidator N
Intimidatory ADJ
Intimidatingly ADV

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Pliant

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  • Adj
  • Easily bent, flexible
    Syn: supple
    Ant: rigid

Pliantly ADV
Pliancy N
Pliantness N

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Intricacy

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  • N
  • The quality or state of being complex

Intricate

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Irrelevant

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  • Adj
  • Not important or relating to what is being discussed
    Syn: extraneous

Irrelevantly ADV

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Strident

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  • Adj
  • Having / making a harsh irritating sound
    Syn: Vociferous

Stridence N
Stridency N
Stridently ADV

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Officious

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  • Adj
  • Bothersome
  • Meddlesome
  • Interfering

Officiously ADV
Officiousness N

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Festoon

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  • N

- A decorative chain, string, or necklace

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Evacuation

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  • N
  • The act or process of evacuating

Evacuative ADJ
Evacuatory ADJ

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Spontaneous

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  • Adj
  • Spur of the moment

Spontaneously ADV
Spontaneousness N
Spontaneity N

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Ebullience

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  • N
  • high spirits

Ebulliency
Ebullient

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Unintelligible

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  • Adj
  • Unclear
  • Confusing
    Ant: Lucid

Unintelligibly

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Indignant

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  • Adj
  • Showing strong displeasure

Indignantly
Indignity

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Antagonism

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  • N
  • Hostility or opposition

Antagonist
Antagonize
Antagonistic

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Belligerence

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  • N
  • An aggressive attitude
    Ant: passiveness

Belligerent
Belligerency

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Chastisement

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  • N
  • Criticism
    Syn: Rebuke

Chastise

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Ecstasy

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  • N
  • Overpowering feeling of extreme delight
    Syn: elation, exultation

Ecstatic

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Tacit

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  • Adj
  • Unspoken, unexpressed (implied)

Tacitly
Tacitness

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Effigy

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  • N
  • Image of a person

Think voodoo doll

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Assent

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  • V
  • To agree after careful thought
    Ant: dissent

Assentor
Assentation

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Decorous

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  • Adj
  • Correct and polite

Decorousness
Decorously
Decorum N

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Diffident

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  • Adj
  • Lacking confidence
    Syn: timid

Diffidently
Diffidence

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