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LOFT final vocab
Lord of the flies vocab for spring final
Term | Definition |
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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 |