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Vocab. LOF
These are all of the Vocab. words for Lord Of The Flies
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English
8th Grade
10/03/2011

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Motif
Definition
Single or repeated design: theme
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Enmity
Definition
Ill will or hatred
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Strident
Definition

HARSH AND LOUD

EX: The mans voice was strident when he was yelling for the bus to come back

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Eccentric
Definition

Odd or out of the ordinary

EX: The eccentric boy wore his shirt backwards all week.

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Furtive
Definition

Hidden; secritive; sly and devious

EX:When Bill won the lottery, he was sure to be very firtive so that nobody knew.

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Gesticulate
Definition

To gesture with one's hands

EX: The deaf person had to gesticulate because that was the only way for her to comunicate.

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Pliant
Definition

Flexable; easy to bend (either in a person's will or in an object)

EX: The silly putty was very pliant and it could stretch across the whole room.

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Contrite
Definition
Sincerily sorry for a mistake
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Tactic
Definition
Something that is understood without being stated (a tactic agreement)
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Rapt
Definition
Completely absorbed and focused
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Belligerent
Definition
To have an agressive and stubborn atitude 
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Chastise
Definition
To punish or critisize severly
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Myriad
Definition
Inumerable and varied amount
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Malevolent
Definition
Hostile, cruel
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Impending
Definition
As though hanging suspended and about to happen
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