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Lord Of the Flies vocab. list 2
LOTF vocab
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English
10th Grade
08/20/2009
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Barren
 Definition
Not producing life
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Disinclination
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reluctance; unwillingness
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exhilaration
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refreshed, or elated
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opalescence 
 Definition
having a milky iridescence.
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Taboo
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proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable
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Improvisation
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To preform with out preporation 
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apex
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The highest point (ex. climax, mountain top)
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Derisive
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mocking scorn
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inarticulate
 Definition
not able to put thoughts into words
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mimicry
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The act of copying or imatating 
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contemptuosly
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scornful
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embroiled
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to throw into confusion; complicate
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obsucred
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not clearly seen or hiden from veiw
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diffidently
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lacking confidance
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mutinously
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rebelous
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brandished
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o shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish
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convert
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hiden/ conciled hiding place
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Loiter
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to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place
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intimidating
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to fill with fear
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impervious
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impossable to penatrate 
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