Lord of the flies chapter 4

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  1. whelm
    overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
  2. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  3. quiver
    shake with fast, tremulous movements
  4. loom
    come into view indistinctly, often threateningly
  5. throb
    pulsate or pound with abnormal force
  6. subside
    wear off or die down
  7. summon
    ask to come
  8. fuss
    an excited state of agitation
  9. remote
    located far away spatially
  10. strew
    spread by scattering
  11. scavenge
    collect discarded or refused material
  12. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  13. swarthy
    naturally having skin of a dark color
  14. sinewy
    consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon
  15. appall
    strike with disgust or revulsion
  16. blunder
    make one's way clumsily or blindly
  17. moon
    be idle in a listless or dreamy way
  18. outwit
    beat through cleverness
  19. baffled
    perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements
  20. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
Created on Sun Dec 30 08:59:55 EST 2012

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