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LotF Ch. 1 Vocab
Question | Answer |
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decorous | proper and in good taste; "Suddenly Piggy was a-bubble with decorous excitement." |
eccentric | odd; "...a party of boys, marching approximately in step in two parallel lines and dressed in strangely eccentric clothing." |
furtive | sly, devious; "There was a slight, furtive boy whom no one knew, who kept to himself with an inner intensity of avoidance and secrecy." |
obscurely | mysteriously; "There was a stillness in Ralph as sat that marked him out; there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch." |
hiatus | break in time; "There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream..." |