Vocabulary List #5: Lord of the Flies

Question 0

Enmity

Answer 0

A feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill;

Question 1

Specious

Answer 1

False perception

Pleasing to the eye but deceptive.

Question 2

Interpose

Answer 2

(v-with object) to place between

(v-without object) to put in a remark; to mediate

Question 3

Strident

Answer 3

making or having harsh sound;

having an irritating quality or character

Question 4

Furtive

Answer 4

sly, devious. Taken, done or used secretly

Question 5

Officious

Answer 5

Aggressive in offering one’s servives; meddlesome. Excessively forward

Question 6

Recrimination

Answer 6

An accusation made in retaliation. A countercharge.

Question 7

Inscrutable

Answer 7

Incapable of being investigated.
Not easily understood; mysterious
Incapable of being seen though physically

Question 8

Tacit

Answer 8

Unvoiced or unspoken.

Silent; saying nothing.

Question 9

Contrite

Answer 9

Cause by or showing sincere remorse.

Question 10

Rapt

Answer 10

Deeply engrossed or absorbed

Transported with emotion

Question 11

Belligerent

Answer 11

Engaged in war. Of warlike character; aggressively hostile

Question 12

Myriad

Answer 12

A very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things.
having innumerable phases, aspects, variations.

Question 13

Malevolent

Answer 13

wishing evil or harm to another.

Question 14

Effigy

Answer 14

A representation or image, shown for something disliked.

Question 15

Interminable

Answer 15

Unending.

Having no limits.

Question 16

Diffident

Answer 16

Lacking confidence in one’s own ability; shy.

Question 17

Brandish

Answer 17

(v-with object) to shake or wave, as a weapon

(n) a flourish or waving, as of a weapon.

Question 18

Sage

Answer 18

A profoundly wise person; A person famed for wisdom.

Wise.

Question 19

Omnipotent

Answer 19

All Powerful