Lord of the Flies Vocab ch. 1-4 Flashcards
appalled
horrified, disgusted. ex) “Besides the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and appalled them.”
avidly
eagerly. ex) “Then the trail, the frustration, claimed him again and he searched the ground avidly.”
belligerence
an aggressive, stubborn attitude. ex) “…Johnny was well built, with fair hair and a natural belligerence.”
contrite
sincerely sorry for shortcomings. ex) “Simon’s contrite face appeared in the hole. “Sorry.”
decorous
proper and in good taste. ex) “Suddenly Piggy was a-bubble with decorous excitement.”
ebullience
liveliness. ex) “Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch…”
eccentric
odd. ex) “…a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing.”
enmity
ill-will. ex) “He [Ralph] trotted through the sand, enduring the sun’s enmity, crossed the platform and found his scattered clothes.”
errant
disobedient. ex) “The noise of the errant assembly faded up the mountain.”
festooned
decorated. ex) “Smoke was rising here and there among the creepers that festooned the dead or dying trees.”
generic
without distinction; in general. ex) “The smaller boys were known by the generic title of ‘littlun.’”
hiatus
break in time. ex) “There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream…”
indignantly
angrily, crossly. ex) “I got the conch,” said Piggy indignantly. “You let me speak!”
interposed
intruded: got between. ex) “The shell was interesting and pretty and worthy plaything; but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy…”
myriad
innumerable. ex) “Like a myriad of tiny teeth in a saw, the transparencies (baby crabs) came scavenging over the beach.”
