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Lord Flies ch. 3
Vocab. for chpter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Festooned | Decorate, adorn, cover |
| Gaudy | Ostentatiously or teastessly ornamented |
| Futive | Done bt stealth, surreptitous |
| Avidly | Characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit |
| Pallor | Deficiancy of color especially of the face, paleness |
| Inscrutable | not really investigated, interpreted, or understood, mysterious |
| Castanet | percussion instrument |
| Contraption | Device, Gadget |
| Contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for a sin of shortcoming |
| Gesticulated | to make gestures especially when speaking |
| Tacit | implied or indicatedlas by an actor by silence not by actually expressed |
| Incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true |
| Indignant | the feeling or showing of anger because of something unjust or unworthy |
| Opaque | hard to understand or explain |
| Declivites | Moderately steep |
| Susurration | whispering sound, murmur |