Vocab 11/4 Flashcards

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Doubious

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  1. dubious
    a. fraught with uncertainty or doubt
    b. The decrease in size, from Ralph down, was gradual; and though there
    was a dubious region inhabited by Simon and Robert and Maurice,
    nevertheless no one had any difficulty in recognizing biguns at one end
    and littluns at the other.
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belligerence

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a. hostile or warlike attitude or nature
b. Percival was mouse-colored and had not been very attractive even to his
mother; Johnny was well built, with fair hair and a natural belligerence

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Impalpable

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a. not perceptible to the touch
b. With impalpable organs of sense they examined this new field

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Gesticulate

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a. show, express, or direct through movement
b. In a moment the platform was full of arguing, gesticulating shadows.

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Tempestuous

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a. characterized by violent emotions or behavior
b. A shadow fronted him tempestuously

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Interminable

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a. tiresomely long; seemingly without end
b. An interminable dawn faded the stars out, and at last light, sad and grey,
filtered into the shelter.

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Embroil

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a. force into some kind of situation or course of action
b. Piggy, finding himself uncomfortably embroiled, slid the conch to Ralph’s
knees and sat down.

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Clamber

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a. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
b. Here and there they could clamber over wave-wet rock, leaping across
clear pools that the tide had left.

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Impervious

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a. not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
b. So they sat, the rocking, tapping, impervious Roger and Ralph, fuming;
round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain
punched up a hole of blackness.

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Bravado

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a. a swaggering show of courage
b. Ralph surprised himself, not so much by the quality of his voice, which
was even, but by the bravado of its intention.

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Tremulous

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a. quivering as from weakness or fear
b. Jack’s voice went on, tremulous yet determined, pushing against the
uncooperative silence.

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Sodden

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a. wet through and through; thoroughly wet
b. Much of it was damply rotten and full of insects that scurried; logs had to
be lined from the soil with care or they crumbled into sodden powder.

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Illusive

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a. based on or having the nature of a fantasy
b. There were no shadows under the trees but everywhere a pearly stillness,
so that what was real seemed illusive and without definition

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Alight

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a. settle or come to rest
b. Gorged, they alighted by his runnels of sweat and drank.

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Iridescent

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a. varying in color when seen in different lights

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phosphorescence

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a. This is a reference to a phosphorescent tide (AKA a Bioluminescent tide).
Look it up.
b. The edge of the lagoon became a streak of phosphorescence which
advanced minutely, as the great wave of the tide flowed.

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Torrid

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Extremely hot

18
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Daunt

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a. cause to lose courage

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ungainly

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lacking grace in movement or posture

20
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myopia

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a. eyesight abnormality in which distant objects appear blurred

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multitudinous

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a. too numerous to be counted

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Cessation

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A stopping

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Acrid

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strong and sharp, as a taste

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Inimical

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a. not friendly

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Ululation

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a. a long, loud, emotional howl or cry

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ensconce

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Fix firmly

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Cordon

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a. a series of sentinels or posts enclosing some place or thing

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/distend

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a. swell from or as if from internal pressure