Lord Of The Flies Chapter 1-3 Vocabulary

Question 1

proffer

Answer 1

a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection

Question 2

upheavel

Answer 2

a violent disturbance

Question 3

prominent

Answer 3

having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

Question 4

apprehension

Answer 4

fearful expectation or anticipation

Question 5

efflorescence

Answer 5

the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms

Question 6

specious

Answer 6

deceptively pleasing

Question 7

loll

Answer 7

be lazy or idle

Question 8

swathe

Answer 8

wrap in or as if in strips of cloth

Question 9

effulgence

Answer 9

the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Question 10

enmity

Answer 10

a state of deep-seated ill-will

Question 11

decorous

Answer 11

characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste.

Question 12

interpose

Answer 12

be or come between

Question 13

emboss

Answer 13

raise in a relief

Question 14

strident

Answer 14

unpleasantly loud and harsh

Question 15

incredulous

Answer 15

not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving

Question 15

furtive

Answer 15

secret and sly

Question 16

mortification

Answer 16

strong feelings of embarrassment

Question 17

pallor

Answer 17

unnatural lack of color

Question 18

pilant

Answer 18

capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out.

Question 19

immure

Answer 19

lock up or confine, in or as in jail

Question 20

contemptuously

Answer 20

without respect; in a disdainful manner

Question 21

hiatus

Answer 21

an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

Question 22

errant

Answer 22

straying from the right course or from accepted standards.

Question 23

ebullience

Answer 23

eager enjoyment or approval

Question 24

officious

Answer 24

intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner.

Question 25

recrimination

Answer 25

mutual accusations

Question 26

festoon

Answer 26

decorate or adorn

Question 27

caper

Answer 27

jump about playfully

Question 28

vicissitude

Answer 28

a variation in circumstances or fortune

Question 29

contrite

Answer 29

feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses

Question 30

antagonism

Answer 30

a state of deep-seated ill-will

Question 31

rapt

Answer 31

feeling great delight and interest

Question 32

tacit

Answer 32

implied by or inferred from actions or statements

Question 33

susurration

Answer 33

an indistinct sound, as of whispering or rustling

Question 34

riotous

Answer 34

produced or growing in extreme abundance