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Lord of the Flies Final Terms

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Furtive   sly, cautious, and secretive characterized by stealth  
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Enmity   A feeling of hostility or ill will  
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Immured   To confine within or as if within walls; imprison  
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Eccentric   Departing from a recognized, conventional, or established norm or pattern  
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Strident   harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant  
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Mortification   A feeling of shame, humiliation, or wounded pride  
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Recrimination   bitter response  
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Officious   offering unwanted advice or services  
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Ebullience   Zestful enthusiasm  
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Inscrutable   Difficult to fathom or understand  
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Vicissitudes   changes  
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Incredulous   Skeptical; disbelieving  
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Contrive   feeling regret and sorrow  
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Baffled   Confusing or perplexing  
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Blatant   glaringly obvious; offensively noticeable  
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Preposterous   Contrary to nature, reason, or common sense  
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Impalpable   Intangible  
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Myriad   Constituting a very large, indefinite number  
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Tacitly   Not spoken; implied by or inferred from actions or statements  
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Malevolently   Having or exhibiting ill will  
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Taboo   A ban of an inhibition resulting from social custom  
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Obscurely   unknown, not easily understood  
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Tempestuously   violent or stormy; extremely emotional or passionate  
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Effigy   A rude figure against a person  
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Perilous   Involving peril or risk; danger  
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Lamentably   able to feel or express sorrow  
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Ludicrous   causing laughter, because absurd  
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Jeeringly   to make fun of rudely, tauntingly  
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Interminable   lasting forever  
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Somberly   very serious  
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Diffidently   lacking self-confidence, shy  
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Obtuseness   not sharp, blunt  
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Daunting   frightening, disheartening  
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Impervious   incapable of being penetrated  
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Contemptuously   disdainful  
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Derisive   contemptuous; mocking  
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Demented   mentally deranged  
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Demure   Decorous; modest, reserved  
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Corpulent   fat, obese  
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Abominable   disgusting; vile  
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Loathing   intense dislike  
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Purged   to cleanse of impurities  
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Propitiatingly   to win good will of  
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Talisman   A ring, stone etc. to bring good luck  
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Inimical   hostile; unfriendly  
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Excruciatingly   Intensely painful  
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Specious   seeming to be good without actually being so  
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Incredulous   unwilling to believe  
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Theological   relating to God or religious doctrine  
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