Lord of the Flies (Academic Literacy)

Ms. Wallingford (United States of America)
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  1. opalescence
    the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
    p.58
  2. audible
    heard or perceptible by the ear
    p. 69
  3. irrelevance
    the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
    p. 69
  4. opaque
    not clearly understood or expressed
    p. 73
  5. menace
    something that is a source of danger
    p. 68
  6. belligerence
    hostile or warlike attitude or nature
    p. 60
  7. chastisement
    a rebuke for making a mistake
    p. 60
  8. runnel
    a small stream
  9. forbidding
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  10. impalpable
    not perceptible to the touch
    p. 61
  11. incursion
    the act of entering some territory or domain
    p. 61
  12. nape
    the back side of the neck
    p. 60
  13. strew
    spread by scattering
    p. 61
  14. detritus
    the remains of something that has been destroyed or finished
    p. 61
  15. jeeringly
    in a disrespectful jeering manner
  16. swarthiness
    a swarthy complexion
    p. 62
  17. abruptly
    quickly and without warning
    p. 82
  18. disinclination
    a certain degree of unwillingness
    p. 65
  19. incredulously
    in a disbelieving manner
    p. 66
  20. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    p. 85
  21. perpetually
    everlastingly; for all time
    p. 77
  22. inarticulate
    without or deprived of the use of speech or words
    p. 94
  23. incantation
    a ritual reciting of words believed to have a magical effect
    p. 94
  24. discursive
    tending to cover a wide range of subjects
    p. 92
  25. terminable
    capable of being ended after a designated time
    p. 99
Created on Fri Sep 27 09:40:59 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Sep 30 11:21:05 EDT 2013)

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