Lord of the Flies Vocab Unit 1: chs 1-3

Apprehension

fearful expectation or anticipation

Caper

jump about playfully

Contemptuously

without respect; in a disdainful manner

Creeper

any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

Decorous

characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste

Ebullience

eager enjoyment or approval

Efflorescence

the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Effulgence

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Enmity

a state of deep-seated ill-will

Errant

straying from the right course or from accepted standards

Festoon

decorate with strings of flowers

Furtive

secret and sly or sordid

Hiatus

an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

Immure

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Incredulous

not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

Mortification

strong feelings of embarrassment

Officious

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

Pallor

unnatural lack of color in the skin

Proffer

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

Rapt

feeling great delight and interest

Recrimination

mutual accusations

Specious

deceptively pleasing

Strident

unpleasantly loud and harsh

Susurration

the indistinct sound of people whispering

Tacit

implied by or inferred from actions or statements

Vicissitude

a variation in circumstances or fortune