Vocabulary Ch. 1-3 Flashcards
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Lagoon
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- An area of shallow water separated from the sea by low sandy dunes.
- “The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.”
- I saw the lagoon and it was a beautiful sight as they say it is.
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Clamber
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- To climb or shuffle using both hands and feet
- “He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another.”
- She was clambering over the rocks to see the view of the ocean.
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Vainly
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- Without success
- “He took off his glasses and looked vainly for something with which to clean them.”
- She vainly looked for her favorite pen to write her essay.
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Quiver
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- Tremble or shake with a slightly rapid motion
- “The palms that still stood made a green roof, covered on the underside with a quivering tangle of reflections from the lagoon.”
- He quivered at the thought of getting a referral for getting in trouble.
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Decorous
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- Characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- “Suddenly Piggy was a-bubble with decorous excitement.”
- The family at the other table ate their meal with such decorous ways.
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Interpose
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- Place or insert between two things.
- “but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy, who in this context was an irrelevance.”
- She managed to interpose between the random couple ahead of her at the mall.
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Strident
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- Loud and harsh sound
- “and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.”
- Mr. Napier became frustrated and used his strident voice at the students.
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Scutter
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- To go or move quickly or in haste.
- “The birds cried, small animals scuttered.”
- The students scuttered to class at the sound of the threat of detention.
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Speculate
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- To casually talk and make predictions without firm evidence.
- “heads muttering, whispering, heads full of eyes that watched Ralph and speculated.”
- The students speculated the new teacher, just to see if she was the strict or easy kind of teacher.
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Clamor
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- A loud and confused noise
- “Ralph’s face was dark with breathlessness and the air over the island was full of bird-clamor and echoes ringing.”
- There was a clamor coming from the crowd that was surrounding something that could be unseen by so many heads and feet in the way.
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Pallor
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- An extreme or unnatural paleness from fear, ill health, or death.
- “Now that the pallor of his faint was over, he was a skinny, vivid little boy,…”
- Once she had heard the news, she was pallor for a moment but fully gain color afterwards.
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Indignation
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- Strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger.
- “Piggy stood and the rose of indignation faded slowly from his cheeks”
- The teacher’s indignation was clearly shown through his actions towards objects.
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Jumble
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- Untidy collection or pile.
- “There was a jumble of the usual squareness, with one great block sitting out in the lagoon. Sea birds were nesting there.”
- Her room was a jumble of mess, which the mother became mad for her daughter not listening to her.
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Grating
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- irritating or unpleasant to one’s feelings.
- “This one, against which Jack leaned, moved with a grating sound when they pushed.”
- The sound of the chalk scraping the board was a grating sound to the students.
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Warped
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- Bent, distorted, pulled out.
- “stood now, warped out of the perpendicular by the fierce light of publicity, and he bored into the coarse grass with one toe. He was muttering and about to cry.”
- You can tell he was warped out of reality because he stared at the ceiling with such happiness.
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Conch
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- A large spiral shell of a mollusk, often used as a horn.
- “A conch he called it. He used to blow it and then his mum would come. It’s ever so valuable―”
- I once found a conch laying in the sand near the shore.
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Scornfully
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- With contempt or derision
- “Like kids!” he said scornfully.”
- My mother scornfully looked at Kaylin for what she had done to the kitchen.
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Officious
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- objectionably aggressive in offering one’s unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome.
- “There was pushing and pulling and officious cries.”
- The news-writer was being officious about the star couple’s relationship but who could blame her, for it washer job to do so.
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Tumult
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- A state of commotion, noise, and confusion.
- “He paused in the tumult, standing, looking beyond them and down the unfriendly side of the mountain”
- The crowd was tumult at the sight of the accident, which was hard to see afar.
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Irresistible
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- Not capable of being refused.
- “At the sight of the flames and the irresistible course of the fire,..”
- She was an irresistible person because no one was ever able to tell her no.
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Nimble
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- Quick and agile
- “The heart of flame leapt nimbly across the gap between the trees and then went swinging and flaring along the whole row of them.”
- The groom nimbly kissed his bride and true love knowing that their love would last forever.
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Festoon
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- A string or chain of flowers, foliage, ribbon, etc., suspended in a curve between two points.
- “Smoke was rising here and there among the creepers that festooned the dead or dying trees.”
- In her room was a festoon of flower headbands.
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Tendril
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- A stemlike structure of climbing plants that holds onto walls and other objects.
- “Here was loop of creeper with a tendril pendant from a node. The tendril was polished on the underside”
- I spotted the tendril on the side of her house, the way I usually enter the house to visit her.
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Oppressive
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- Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit.
- “The silence of the forest was more oppressive than the heat, and at this hour of the day there was not even the whine of insects.”
- She was in the forest, sitting on the ground with her eyes closed and focusing on the oppressive of nature.
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Inscrutable
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- Impossible to understand or interpret
- “Jack lifted his head and stared at the inscrutable masses of creeper that lay across the trail.”
- The science homework was inscrutable to the students.
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Barb
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- A sharp tip
- “I’ve got to get a barb on this spear!”
- There was a barb on the pencil from being sharpened perfectly.
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Bewildered
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- Dumbfounded
- “Ralph gazed bewildered at his rapt face.”
- She was bewildered at the news of her husband being in the accident, since he texted her saying he was at work right when he crashed.
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Flaunt
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- The act of displaying something ostentatiously.
- “leaned against the trees that still stood and a rapid climber flaunted red and yellow sprays right to the top.”
- The news writer flaunted the information of the fight between the star couple.
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Furtive
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- Secret and sly or sordid.
- “There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy.”
- The new student was furtive to the class except for the girl nicknamed “lovely.”
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Glimmer
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- A flash of light (especially reflected light)
- “The candle-buds opened their wide white flowers glimmering under the light that pricked down from the first stars.”
- She saw a glimmer from the mirror, she panicked because she was the only person in the house.
