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Lord of the Flies
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| enmity | hostility; hatred |
| decorous | polite and reserved |
| hiatus | pause or break |
| recrimination | an accusation in response |
| tumult | loud, confused noise; disturbance |
| tirade | loud, angry speech |
| oppressive | unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint |
| inscrutable | impossible to understand |
| gesticulate | movement of a part of the body |
| blatant | bad behavior, openly and unashamedly |
| taboo | social or religious custom that is out of the ordinary |
| scavenge | to search for something of value |