Vocab Lord of the flies

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Improvisation
action of improvising or arranging anything without previous preperation
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Jeeringly
in a way that involves laughing or shouting insults at someone to show you have no respect for them
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Lamentably
that which is to be be regretted, regretfully
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Ludicrous
amusing or laughable through obvious absurditity, exaggeration or eccentricity
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Expansively
marked by delusions of self-importance
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Effigy
an image or representation especially of a person, or a statue
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Sough
to make a soft moaning, or whistling sound
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Perilous
very dangerous full of risk
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tempestously
full of extreme emotions, violent
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Slug
a tough-skinned terrestrial mollusk that typically lacks a shell and secretes a film of mucus for protection. It can be a serious plant pest.
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Discursive
moving from one point point to another without any strict structure
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Inarticulate
unable to speak clearly
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Incantation
special words that are spoken or sung to have a magic affect, act of speaking or singing these words
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Interminable
lasting a very long time and therefore boring or annoying
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Tremulously
in a nervous way that causes you or your voice to shake slightly
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Exasperation
the feeling of being extremely annoyed, especially because you cannot do anything to improve a situation irritated
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Incredulity
fact of being unable to believe something, disbelief
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Diffidently
without much confidence, in a way that shows you do not want to talk about yourself
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constrainedly
not natural, forced of with too much control
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Leviathan
a very large and powerful thing, a sea creature
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Plinth
a block of stone on which a column or statue stands
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Guano
the waste substance passed from the bodies of birds that live near the sea, used to make plants and crops grow well
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Exulting
to feel and show that you are very excited and happy because of something that has happened
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Somberly
sad or serious way
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Multinously
in a way that shows you will not, or do not want to, obey the orders of somebody in authority, rebellion
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Obtuseness
the fact of being slow or unwilling to understand something
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moors
a high open are of land that is not used for farming, especially an area covered with rough grass and heather, infertile land
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Brandishing
to hold or wave something, especially a weapon, in an aggresive or excited way
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Funk
one who is afraid or a coward
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Daunting
making somebody feel nervous and less confident about doing something, unlikely to make somebody feel this way
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Impervious
not affected or influenced by something, or disturbed
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Contemptously
in a way that shows that you have no respect for somebody/something
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Derisive
expressing contempt or ridicule
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Sanctity
the state of being holy or sacred
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Demere
behaving in a quiet, shy way that does not attract attention
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Demented
behaving in a crazy way because you are extremely upset or worried , mad
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Iridescent
showing many bright colors that seem to change in different lights, glittering
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Parody
something that is such a bad or an unfair example of something that it seems silly, ridiculous imitation for a comic effect

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