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lord of the flies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apex | The Highest Point |
| Assimilating | Absorbing |
| Bastion | A well-fortified position |
| coverts | think underbrush providing cover |
| crepitation | cracking sound |
| cynicism | attitude scornful of the motives of virtues of others |
| declivities | downward slopes |
| derision | scorn or ridicule |
| derisive | scornful |
| ebullience | zestful enthusiasm |
| eclipsed | obscured; blocked from view |
| effigy | a likeness or image |
| elephantine | ponderously clumsy |
| excruciatingly | intensely painfully |
| festooned | decorated |
| gesticulated | made hand motions |
| glamour | magic spell; enchantment |
| hiatus | a break |
| impalpable | intangible; not perceived by touch |
| impervious | incapable of being affected |
| improvisation | to invent without preparation |
| incantation | a verbal charm or spell |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| inimical | unfriendly; hostile |
| inscrutable | impenetrable |
| luxuriance | having rich or profuse growth |
| maternal | relation to mother hood |
| myopia | a visual defect like nearsightedness |
| obtuseness | dullness; flatness; lack of sharp edges |
| opaque | light cant get through it |
| pall | a gloomy effect |
| pinnacles | tall, pointed formations |
| propitatingly | appeasingly; trying to please |
| purged | freed from impurities |
| rebuke | to criticize or reprimand |
| sanctity | sacredness; godliness |
| sinewy | lean and muscular |
| skewed | turned to one side |
| specious | plausible but actually false |
| tacitly | without being spoken |
| taut | tight |
| tempestuously | like a storm; turbulently |
| truculently | disposed to fight |