Lord of The Flies Ch 1-3

Sarah B.
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  1. creeper
    any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping
  2. scar
    mark with an indication of damage
  3. proffer
    present for acceptance or rejection
  4. prominent
    conspicuous in position or importance
  5. specious
    plausible but false
  6. effulgence
    the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
  7. enmity
    a state of deep-seated ill-will
  8. strident
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  9. incredulous
    not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving
  10. furtive
    secret and sly
  11. mortification
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  12. suffusion
    the process of permeating something with a substance
  13. pallor
    an unnatural lack of color in the skin
  14. immure
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  15. contemptuously
    without respect; in a disdainful manner
    despising
  16. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  17. exasperation
    actions that cause great irritation
  18. martyr
    one who suffers for the sake of principle
  19. ebullience
    eager enjoyment or approval
  20. virtuous
    morally excellent
  21. recrimination
    mutual accusations
  22. tirade
    a speech of violent denunciation
  23. unheeded
    disregarded
  24. festoonery
    flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration
  25. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  26. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  27. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  28. declivity
    a downward slope or bend
  29. tacit
    implied by or inferred from actions or statements
    Unspoken; understood but not openly expressed
  30. susurration
    an indistinct sound, as of whispering or rustling
Created on Fri Sep 07 16:56:51 EDT 2012

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