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Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Vocabulary Study. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell. Effulgence. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell. Effulgence Shining forth brilliantly; radiant. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell. Decorous. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell. Decorous
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Lord of the Fliesby William Golding Vocabulary Study
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Effulgence
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Effulgence • Shining forth brilliantly; radiant
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Decorous
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Decorous • Characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. • Dignified in manner and appearance.
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Matins • Morning prayer
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Precentor
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Precentor • Choir leader
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Furtive • Sneaky, stealthy, secretive
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Pallid • Pale • Faint or deficient in color • Wan
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Mortification
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Mortification • A feeling of humiliation or shame
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Suffusion
Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Suffusion • Spread with a color or liquid
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Martyred
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain • Martyred • Sacrificed for a cause
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Ebullience
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain • Ebullience • High spirits • Exuberance • Exhilaration
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Officious
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain • Officious • Rude and aggressive in offering advice
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Recrimination
Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain • Recrimination • A countercharge against a verbal attack • “He hit me!” often is followed by the age-old recrimination “He hit me first!”
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Abyss • A bottomless pit • A deep, deep hole • Nothingness • Death • Anihilation
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Furtive
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Furtive • Stealthy and secretive
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Avid • Enthusiastic • Margaret is an avid stamp collector.
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Inscrutable
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Inscrutable • Unable to be understood easily. • Cats have an annoying habit of giving their owners inscrutable looks, if they look at them at all.
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Vicissitudes
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Vicissitudes • Changes • Alterations • Variations • Alternations
Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Tacit • Unspoken
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Opalescence
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Opalescence • Having a milky iridescence, like the inside of a sea shell or the sheen of a pearl
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Dubious • doubtful
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Chronic • Ongoing without cease or ending • Continual
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Corporate
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Corporate • Forming a body
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Chastisement
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Chastisement • Criticism or punishment
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Malevolently
Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Malevolently • Evilly • With hatred or evil intent
