Lord of the flies chapter 3

rebecca F.
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  1. festoon
    decorate or adorn
  2. rouse
    cause to become awake or conscious
  3. heed
    pay close attention to
  4. tattered
    worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing
  5. abyss
    a bottomless gulf or pit
  6. furtive
    secret and sly
  7. surge
    rise rapidly
  8. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
  9. patter
    make light, rapid and repeated sounds
  10. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
  11. withdraw
    pull back or move away or backward
  12. flinch
    draw back, as with fear or pain
  13. batty
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
  14. rapt
    feeling great delight and interest
  15. baffled
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  16. lug
    carry with difficulty
  17. founder
    sink below the surface
  18. utterly
    completely and without qualification
  19. worm
    to move in a twisting or contorted motion,
Created on Sun Dec 30 08:39:19 EST 2012 (updated Sun Dec 30 09:01:13 EST 2012)

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