Lord of the Flies Vocabulary List #1

clambering

v. to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty derivatives: clamber, clambered, clamberer

apprehension

n. anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil derivatives: apprehend, apprehending, apprehended, apprehensive

effulgence

n. a brilliant radiance; a shining forth derivatives: effulgent

decorous

adj. characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc. derivatives: decorum, decorously

pallidly

adv. pale; faint, or deficient in color; wan derivatives: pallid; pallidness

suffusion

n. an overspreading with or like a liquid, color, etc. derivatives: suffuse, suffused, suffusing, suffusive, suffusedly

dispersal

n. the act, state, or instance of scattering, of being driven or sent off in various directions derivatives: disperse, dispersing, dispersed, also dispersion

pliant

adj. bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable derivatives: pliancy, pliantly

loitered

v. to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place; to move in a slow, idle manner, making purposeless stops; to waste time or to dawdle over work derivatives: loiter, loitering, loiterer, loiteringly

bastion

n. a fortification, specifically a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms and irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work; any fortified place derivatives: bastions