Lord of The Flies Vocabulary Flashcards
adjective: Characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
decorous
adjective:
1) apparently good or right through lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: __________ arguments
2) pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
3) obsolete. Pleasing to the eye; fair
specious
adjective:
1) making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking: _________ insects; _________ hinges
2) Having a shrill, irritating quality or character: a strident tone in his writings
strident
noun:
1) high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance
2) a boiling over; overflow
ebullience
adjective:
1) objectionable aggressive in offering one’s unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: My brother-in-law is so ________that he can be unbearable.
2) Marked by or proceeding from such forwardness: ___________ interference
3)obsolete. ready to serve; obliging
officious
noun:
1) the act of ___________ing; constraint; coercion
2) Psychology. a strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, especially one that is irrational or contrary to one’s will
compulsion
adjective:
1) understood without being openly expressed; implied: _______ approval
2) silent; saying nothing: a _______ partner
3) unvoiced or unspoken: a ______ prayer
tacit
noun:
1) a very great number of persons or things
2) ten thousand
adjective:
3) of an indefinitely great number; innumerable: the _______ stars of a summer night
4) having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc. : the ________ mind of Shakespeare
5) ten thousand
myriad
adjective:
1) taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a _______ glance
2) sly; shifty: a ________ manner
furtive
adjective:
1) passing aimlessly from one subject to another; digressive; rambling
2) proceeding by reasoning or argument rather than intuition
discursive
adverb:
1) in a way that expresses resistance to or revolt against authority: My disgruntled toddler was sitting __________ on the couch, clutching the remote and challenging me to remove it from him.
mutinously
adjective:
1) not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: the coat is ____________ to rain
2) incapable of being injured or impaired: ___________ to wear and tear.
3) incapable of being influenced, persuaded, or affected: __________ to reason; _________ to another’s suffering
impervious
adjective:
1) characterized by shyness and modesty; reserved.
2) affectedly or coyly decorous, sober, or sedate
demure
adjective:
1) ophthalmology. pertaining to or having _______; nearsighted
2) unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted
3) lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded
myopic
adjective:
1) increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the _________ nostrils of the terrified horse.
2) swollen, by or as internal pressure, out of normal size or shape; protuberant: _________ wineskins; the _________ arteries of his neck
distended
