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Lord of The Flies
Stack #35570
| Side 1 | Side 2 |
|---|---|
| Befoul | V. To spot,stain,or pollute |
| Bewilder | V. To Confuse |
| Blunder | V. To move clumsily; to make a serious error |
| Bristle | N. A stiff hair |
| Caper | V. To leap about playfully |
| Clamber | N. To climb with difficulty; to scramble |
| Clamor | N. A loud, sustained noise or outcry |
| Conch | N. A large, spiral seashell, often used as an ornament or a horn |
| Corruption | N.The act of destroying one's morality; impairment of virtue |
| Covert | adj. Secret;hidden(said of an action) |
| Cower | V. To cringe or curl up in fear |
| Crimson | adj. Deep red |
| Croon | V. To sing softly |
| Decorous | adj. Proper;characterized by good manners |
| Devastate | V. To destroy; to overwhelm; to completely overpower |
| Devour | V. To eat up greedily |
| Dun | adj. of a dull grayish brown color |
| Dung | N. Excrement; manure |
| Elaborate | adj. Rich in detail; complex; intricate |
| Festoon | V. To decorate, esp. with loop of stringed flwers, etc. |
| Flaunt | V. To Show off; to display something with inappropriate pride |
| Formulate | V. To devise; to invent; to develop |
| Furtive | adj. Marked by quiet caution, and secrecy; stealthy (said of a person) |
| Gesticulate | V. To make gestures, especially while speaking |
| Gibbering | adj talking foolishly or incomprehensibly |
| Glimmer | V. To emit a dim flicker or flash of light |
| Gnaw | V. To chew on |
| Grating | adj. persistently irritating or annoying |
| Gyration | N. Circular or spirl motion |
| Heave | V. To raise or lift,esp. with great effort |
| Heed | V. To pay attention to |
| Implication | N. Something that is deduced or inferred; a meaning that is not expressly ststed |
| Improvisation | N. A performance given without preparation |
| Inarticulate | adj. Incomprehensible; also, unable to speak clearly |
| incaniation | N. Ritual utterance of wods believed to have a magical effect |
| Increaulous | adj. Disbelieving; unwilling to believe |
| Indignation | N. Anger aroused by something unfair or mean |
| Indigo | adj. Dark blue or blue-violet |
| Infinite | adj. immeasurably great; having no limits or boundaries |
| Infuriating | adj. Extremely annoying or displeasing |
| Inscrutable | adj. Difficult to fathom or understand |
| Interpose | V. To place oneself between others; also, to insert a remark |
| Iridescent | adj. Brilliant, varying in color when seen from different angles |
| Irrelevant | adj. Having no cnnectionwith the subject being discused; unrelated to the matter at hand; not pertinent |
| Irresistible | adj. Overpowering; impossible to deny |
| Jeer | V. To mock; to taunt; to abuse vocally |
| Jumble | V. To mix in a confused way; to throw togather carelessly |
| Lagoon | N. A shallow body of water separated from the sea by sands/corals |
| Malevolent | adj. Having an evil will; wishing harm to others |
| Mimicry | N. The act of imitating another; "copycat" Behavior |
| Mirage | N. An optical illusion; something illusory and non-existent |
| Multudinous | adj. Existing in great #s; consisting of many parts |
| Myopia | N. Short-sightedness; por vision requiring corrective lenses |
| Nimble | adj. Moving quickly and lightly; agile |
| Obscure | adj. Only faintly perceptible |
| Officious | adj. Intrusive; excssively eager to offer un wanted service or advice |
| Opalescence | N. A milky brightness or colorfulness |
| Opaque | adj. Unable to be penetrated by light; not transparent nor transluscent |
| Oppressive | adj. Burdensome; difficult to bear |
| Pallor | N. Paleness, esp. of the skin |
| Phosphorescence | N. Emission of light without appreciable heat |
| Preposterous | adj. Absurd; foolish; nonsensical |
| Quiver | V. To shake, esp. with fright |
| Relentless | adj. Steady; persistent; never-ceasing |
| Sage | adj. Having wisdom and calm judgment; marked by wisdom |
| Scornful | adj. Expressing extreme contempt;; said of the attitude one has toward a person considered unworthy |
| Shudder | N. A shiveror momentary shaking , as from fear or revulsion |
| Skewer | V. To hol together food by piercing with a long metal pin |
| Smother | V. To deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing |
| Snivel | V. To complain or whine tearfully |
| Speculate | V. To engage in a course of reasoning with in complete evidence |
| Stagger | V. To walk as if unable to control one's motion; also, to shock |
| Steadfast | adj. Unchanging firmly loyal; resolute |
| Stifle | V. To interrupt or cut off; to suppress |
| Strident | adj. Loud; harsh |
| Tendril | N. A twisting, stem-like structure on a plant, used for support |
| Thicket | N. A dense growth of shrubs or bushes |
| Tremulous | adj. Timid; fearful |
| Trickle | V. To flow only in a thin stream; to move or proceed slowly |
| Tumult | N. Commotion from a large crowd; also, a riot |
| Uncompromising | adj. Inflexible; unwilling to negotiate |
| Uproarious | Adj Uncontrllably noisy; also, causing loud laughter |
| Vain | adj. Not yielding the desires outcome; lacking substance r worth |
| Warp | V. To twist out of shape |
| Wrench | V. To Force free by pulling violently; to yank |
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