Lord of the Flies Vocab Words

Be able to make sentences using the word.

Efflorescence

Flowering and blossoming (noun)

Enmity

Feeling or being actively opposed or hostile to something/someone (noun)

Decorous

In keeping good taste and propriety; polite and restrained (adjective)

Bastion

A projecting part of a fortification built in an angle to the line of a wall to allow defense in several directions (noun)

Hiatus

A pause/gap in a sequence, series, and/or process (noun)

Ebullience

The quality of being cheerful/full of energy

Recrimination

An accusation in response to one from someone else (Noun)

Tumult

A loud/confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people (Noun)

Tirade

A long, angry speech of criticism or accusation (noun)

Inscrutable

Impossible to understand or interpret (Adjective)

Vicissitudes

A change of circumstances or fortunes, this is usually an unpleasant change (noun)

Declivities

A downward slope (Noun)

Tacit

Understood/implied without something being stated (Adjective)

Taboo

A social or religious custom that prohibits the discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing (Noun)

Sinewy

Someone/something that is tough/strong that consists of a lot of muscle (Adjective)