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LOFT final vocab
Lord of the flies vocab for spring final
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oppressive | Depressing Overwhelming |
| Ebullience | Excitement Enthusiasm |
| Dubious | Doubting |
| Acrid | Unpleasant taste or smell |
| Taboo | Banned by mortality or taste |
| Antagonism | Open hostility Opposition |
| Impervious | Incapable of being affected |
| Gravity | Seriousness Importance |
| Truculently | Aggressively Savagely |
| Flourish | Healthy or grow well |
| Daunting | Intimidating Discouraging |
| Incantation | Written or recited formula of words |
| Inscrutable | Not easily understood Mysterious |
| Bashful | Shy |
| Foliage | Plant leaves |
| Furtive | Sly Sneaky Secretive |
| Malevolently | Vicious hatred Wish to do evil to others |
| Enthusiasm | High interest Excited |
| Cynically | People motivated by self-intrest Distrustful of human nature |
| Timid | Shy Showing a lack of courage or confidence Easily frightened |
| Corpulent | Fat |
| Modest | Humble Shy Not assertive Moderate in the estimation of ones abilities |
| Loathing | Hate Intense dislike or disgust |
| Abominable | Causing moral revulsion Unpleasant |
| Demure | Reserved Modest shy |
| Derisive | Mocking scornfully Expressing contempt of ridicule |
| Demented | Mad Insane Driven to behave irrationally due to anger, distress, or excitement |
| Morbid | Death/murder Characterized by appealing to abnormal intrest in unpleasant subjects |
| Oblong | Having an elongated shape |
| Inherent | Basic Existing as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute |
| Situational irony | Contrast between what a reader thinks will happen and what actually happens Situation in which actions have opposite effect of what is intended |
| Dramatic Irony | Situation where the audience knows something the actors do not |
| Verbal Irony | When someone exaggerates Sarcasm: saying one thing meaning another |
| Satirical Irony | Bitterly critical of society For the use of the mockery of something |
| Justified | With good reason |
| Precarious | Unsafe Unstable Not securely held in place, likely to fall over |
| Primitive | First Not developed Originating in unconscious need and unaffected by reasoning |
| Weariness | Tiredness |
| Cunning | Deceitful Clearly thought out |
| Defects | Flaws |
| Gingerly | Very cautious |
| Tension | Anxious feelings Stretched to tight |
| Rashness | Lack of consideration of possible consequences of actions Thoughtlessness Act on impulse |
| Crevice | A narrow opening |
| Suspense | Excited and uncertain DOubtful of the possible out come |
| Mood | How the reader feels |
| Antagonist | Person who appears hostile to another Adversary |
| Foreshadowed | Clues to the future A warning or indication of a future event |
| Climax | The most exciting part Turning point |
| Daring | Adventurous Bold and Brave |
| Ferocity | Savegely fierce Cruel or violent |
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