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Lord Flies ch. 3
Vocab. for chpter 3
Question | Answer |
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Festooned | Decorate, adorn, cover |
Gaudy | Ostentatiously or teastessly ornamented |
Futive | Done bt stealth, surreptitous |
Avidly | Characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit |
Pallor | Deficiancy of color especially of the face, paleness |
Inscrutable | not really investigated, interpreted, or understood, mysterious |
Castanet | percussion instrument |
Contraption | Device, Gadget |
Contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin of shortcoming |
Gesticulated | to make gestures especially when speaking |
Tacit | implied or indicatedlas by an actor by silence not by actually expressed |
Incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true |
Indignant | the feeling or showing of anger because of something unjust or unworthy |
Opaque | hard to understand or explain |
Declivites | Moderately steep |
Susurration | whispering sound, murmur |