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Lord of the Flies vocab
Ms. Franklin's class
42
English
7th Grade
01/05/2013
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Specious
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false, phony (adj)
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Skewed
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tilted, slanted (adj)
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Bastion
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fortress, support (n)
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Hiatus
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break (n)
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Gesticulate
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gesture, signal (v)
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Ebullience
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enthusiasm (n)
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Pall
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gloom, despair (n)
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Festoon
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decorate (v)
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Inscrutable
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unreadable, unknowable (adj)
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Opaque
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dense, obscure (adj)
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Declivities
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slopes (n)
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Impalpable
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intangible, vague (adj)
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Sinewy
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lean, muscular (adj)
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Tacitly
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quietly, implicitly (adv)
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Improvisation
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ad-libbing, inventing (n)
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Apex
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high point (n)
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Derisive
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mocking, scornful (adj)
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Effigy
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image (n)
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Tempestuously
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turbulently (adv)
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Incantation
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chant, spell (n)
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Incredulity
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disbelief (n)
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Taut
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tight (adj)
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Coverts
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thicket (n)
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Obtuseness
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denseness, stupidity, dullness (n)
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Luxuriance
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luxury, abundance (n)
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Impervious
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resistant, invulnerable (adj)
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Rebuke
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reprimand (v)
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Sanctity
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sacredness, holiness (n)
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Maternal
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motherly (adj)
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Cynicism
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pessimism, scorn (n)
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Assimilating
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absorbing, adapting (v)
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Purged
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expelled, removed (adj)
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Myopia
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nearsightedness (n)
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Propitating
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appeasing, pacifying (adj)
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Pinnacles
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tall formations (n)
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Truculent
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hostile, aggressive (adj)
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Eclipsed
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obscured, hidden (v)
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Inimical
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hostile, unfriendly (adj)
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Elephantine
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clumsy (adj)
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Crepitation
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crackling (n)
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Excruciating
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agonizing (adj)
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Glamour
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allure, charm (n)
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