Lord of the Flies Vocabulary 5 & 6

James (United States of America)
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  1. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  2. assimilate
    become like one's environment
  3. purge
    rid of impurities
  4. myopia
    eyesight abnormality in which distant objects appear blurred
  5. propitiate
    make peace with
  6. pinnacle
    a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or a tower
  7. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
  8. eclipse
    the phenomenon when one celestial body obscures another
  9. inimical
    tending to obstruct or cause harm
  10. elephantine
    of great mass; huge and bulky
    ponderously clumsy
  11. crepitation
    the sharp sound of snapping noises
  12. excruciating
    extremely painful
  13. glamour
    cast a spell over someone or something
Created on Mon May 27 22:02:17 EDT 2013 (updated Mon May 27 22:28:42 EDT 2013)

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