Friday, October 23, 2009

Lord of the flies vocabulary 3

21. Dubious(doubt)-Felling doubt
-the boy was very dubious about the game
22. Ebullience(Zest)-high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance
-john was full of ebullience when his favortie team won the game
23. ferocity(savage)-a ferocious quality or state; savage fierceness
-jims ferocity helped him win the game
24. flourished(Grow)- to be in a vigorous state; thrive
-the palmhetto plant flourished last year, i wonder why its not this year
25. foliage(Herbage)- the leaves of a plant
-the plant's foliage is turning bright green now that its spring
26. furtive(sneaky)- taken, done , used, surreption or by stealth
-johns furtive behavior made timmy suspicious of what he was plotting
27. grave(vital)- threatening or having a seriously bad outcome.
-"you have to pleave now, your in grave danger"
28. impervious(Resistant)-not permitting penetiation
-most think skinned animals are impervious to bullets, especially alligators
29. incantation(Voodoo)-the chanting or uttering of words.
-the kid's incantation was creepy and dark
30. inscrutable(secret)-incapable of being investigated, analyzed or scrutinized
-the inscrutable object made people crazy whenever they held it.

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