Lord of the Flies by William Golding

1. Lord of the Fliesby William Golding Vocabulary Study

2. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Effulgence

3. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Effulgence • Shining forth brilliantly; radiant

4. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Decorous

5. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Decorous • Characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. • Dignified in manner and appearance.

6. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Matins

7. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Matins • Morning prayer

8. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Precentor

9. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Precentor • Choir leader

10. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Furtive

11. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Furtive • Sneaky, stealthy, secretive

12. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Pallid

13. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Pallid • Pale • Faint or deficient in color • Wan

14. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Mortification

15. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Mortification • A feeling of humiliation or shame

16. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell Suffusion

17. Chapter 1: The Sound of the Shell • Suffusion • Spread with a color or liquid

18. Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Martyred

19. Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain • Martyred • Sacrificed for a cause

20. Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Ebullience

21. Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain • Ebullience • High spirits • Exuberance • Exhilaration

22. Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Officious

23. Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain • Officious • Rude and aggressive in offering advice

24. Chapter 2: Fire on the Mountain Recrimination

25. 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!”

26. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Abyss

27. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Abyss • A bottomless pit • A deep, deep hole • Nothingness • Death • Anihilation

28. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Furtive

29. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Furtive • Stealthy and secretive

30. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Avid

31. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Avid • Enthusiastic • Margaret is an avid stamp collector.

32. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Inscrutable

33. 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.

34. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Vicissitudes

35. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Vicissitudes • Changes • Alterations • Variations • Alternations

36. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach Tacit

37. Chapter 3: Huts on the Beach • Tacit • Unspoken

38. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Opalescence

39. 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

40. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Dubious

41. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Dubious • doubtful

42. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Chronic

43. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Chronic • Ongoing without cease or ending • Continual

44. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Corporate

45. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Corporate • Forming a body

46. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Chastisement

47. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Chastisement • Criticism or punishment

48. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair Malevolently

49. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Malevolently • Evilly • With hatred or evil intent

50. Chapter 4: Painted Faces and Long Hair • Parody