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LOTF Vocab Unit 1
Lord of the Flies Vocabulary Unit One
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Belligerence | an attitude, atmosphere, or disposition distinguished by aggressiveness of truculence |
| Clamor | the loud and continued uproar of many human voices; a loud continued and usually confused noise |
| Detritus | product of disintegration or wearing away: fragment or fragmentary material |
| Diffident | lacking confidence in oneself: distrustful of one's own powers: characterized by modest reserve |
| Ebullience | the quality of lively or animated expression of thoughts or feelings: high spirits: zestful enthusiasm |
| Frenzy | a temporary madness or insane derangement: abnormal or unusual excitement |
| Generic | common to or characteristic of a whole group or class: not specific or individual |
| Impalpable | incapable of being felt by the touch |
| Impervious | not to be passed through or penetrated; impenetrable, impermeable, impassable |
| Indignant | filled with or marked by deep-felt resentment or anger |
| Interminable | having no termination; endless |
| Irrelevance | that which is not relevant or pertinent to the case at hand; that which does not apply |
| Myriad | an immense number: an indefinitely large number: a great multitude |
| Pliant | yielding readily without breaking: bending or folding easily |
| Motif | A distinctive, significant, or salient theme or idea; a recurrent or prevalent characteristic |
| Spontaneous | Arising or proceeding entirely from natural impulse, without any external stimulus or constraint; voluntary and of one's own accord |
| Taboo | banned on grounds of morality or taste or as constituting a risk: outlawed by common consent |
| Tacit | silent: not speaking |
| Tempestuous | of, involving, or resembling a storm; marked by violent disturbance |
| Unintelligible | difficult to comprehend |