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LOTF Vocab
Vocabulary from the Unit on Lord of the Flies
| Term | Definition | Part of Speech |
|---|---|---|
| Mirage | something illusory or deceptive; an optical effect created by the sun | Noun |
| Obedient | obeying or carrying out a request or command; dutiful | Adj |
| Contempt | the act of despising; disdain | Noun |
| Flourish | to grow well or luxuriantly; to fare well; succeed; prosper | Verb |
| Frenzy | a temporary madness; a violent mental or emotional agitation | Noun |
| Assent | to agree to something, especially after thoughtful consideration | Verb |
| Fierce | Violently hostile or aggressive in temperament; given to fighting or killing | Adj |
| Generosity | the quality of being kind; noble spirit | Noun |
| Oppressive | unreasonably burdensome or severe; overwhelming or depressing to the spirit or senses | Adj |
| Avidly | desirous to the point of greed; urgently eager. characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit | Adv |
| Gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented; marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness | Adj |
| Incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory; raid | Noun |
| Detritus | a product of disintegration, destruction, or wearing away; miscellaneous remnants | Noun |
| Myriad | countless; a great number | Noun, Adj |
| Perilous | full of or involving exposure to the risk of being injured, destroyed, or lost | Adj |
| Gesticulating | To make gestures, especially when speaking | Verb |
| Decorum | proper and good taste in conduct or appearance; the conventions of good behavior | Noun |
| Parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule; a feeble or ridiculous imitation | Noun |
| Obscene | disgusting to the senses; repulsive | Adj |
| Vast | very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range; enormous | Adj |
| Intrude | o put or force in, especially without invitation, fitness or leave | Verb |
| Drone/Droning | Verb: to make a continuous low dull humming sound; to speak in a monotonous tone. noun: a deep sustained or monotonous sound; hum | Verb, Noun |
| Derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt | Noun |
| Clamorus | marked by confused din or outcry; tumultuous (loud) | Adj |
| Demented | mad; insane. suffering from cognitive dementia | Adj |
| Superficial | lying on, not penetrating below, or affecting only the surface | Adj |
| Complementary | erving to fill out or complete; mutually supplying each other's lack | Adj |
| Menace | a show of intention to inflict harm; one that represents a threat | Noun |
| Talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune; something producing apparently magical or miraculous effects | Noun |
| eccentric | departing or deviating from the conventional or established norm; erratic | Adj |
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Qiaotangmaine
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