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39 Cards in this Set
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The walls appeard to have a MOTIF, with incessant shades of purple.
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single or repeated design or color
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Jack's apologetic attitude was SPECIOUS.
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having deceptive attraction or allure
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mirages
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optical effects appearing as a pool of water or a mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted
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Jack stared at Ralph with ENMITY.
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hatred; ill will
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Jack and Ralph's were STRIDENT when they tried to get the littluns to stop crying.
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characerized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
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Simon's secret trips to the forest seemed FURTIVE, but he was only trying to enjoy nature.
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expresive of stealth; sly; secretive
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The boys were IMMURED on the island.
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enclosed within; imprisoned
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Ralph GESTICULATED several times during his speech to emphasize important points.
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made gestures; used the motions of the body or limbs to express or emphasize an idea, sentiment, or attitude
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Her OFFICIOUS volunteering to help the teacher perform tasks became annoying.
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volunteering one's services where they are neither asked for nor needed; meddlesome
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At first, the boys' lives on the island appeared to be filled with EBULLIENCE.
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the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings; exuberance
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Jack quickly defended Ralph's accusations with a RECRIMINATION.
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a bitter retort; charge against accuser
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The boys underwent a series of VICISSITUDES throughout the novel.
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fluctuations of states or conditions; natural changes or mutations visible in nature or in human affairs
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Jack's voice appeared to be CONTRITE as he apolotized to Ralph for not helping.
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expressing remorse for one's sins or shortcomings
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Her mother's look on her face was INCREDULOUS when she explained the story to her.
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disbelieving; skeptical
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The answer to the problem was BLATANT.
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completely obvious, conspicious, or obtrusive
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The reflection of the water appeared to be IMPALPABLE.
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incapable of being felt by touch; intangible
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The bees appeared to be in a MYRIAD.
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an immense number
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Percival's imaginary beasts was PREPOSTEROUS to the biguns.
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contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurb
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Jack's SWARTHINESS was unknown to the rest of the group at the beginning of the novel.
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darkness of complexion
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Piggy's expression TACTILY showed what he felt about the whole idea.
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expressed or carried out without words; silently
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The discussion was starting to become ERRANT.
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straying outside the proper path or bounds
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Jack spoke to Ralph MALEVOLENTLY, because he understood that he was inferior to him.
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viciously, spitefully, hatefully
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The littluns asked questions OBSCURELY about what was going on on the island.
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indistincly; without full understanding or expression
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Simon's description of the beast was OPAQUE.
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hard to understand or explain; unintelligble
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The sudden appearance of the beast forced Ralph to make an IMPROVISATION.
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the art or act of making, inventing, or arranging offhand, without advance planning
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The kids often JEERINGLY called the chubby kid Fatty.
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mockingly; tauntingly
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Jeanne LAMENTABLY complained about not studying for the hard test.
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regrettably; mournfully
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Jack EXPANSIVELY said that his position as a hunter was very important.
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with delusions of self-importance; increasingly; with enlargement
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Piggy's nickname was an EFFIGY.
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an image or representation, especially of a person
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The steep ski slope appeared PERILOUS to inexperienced skiiers.
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hazardous; dangerous
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Jack TEMPESTUOUSLY threatened to kill Ralph next time he saw him.
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violently; agitatedly
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His uncomfortable state forced him to be DISCURSIVE.
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disgressive; moving from one topic to another
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Because she recently moved to the US, her English was quite inarticulate.
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uttered or formed without the definite, clear, effective utterances of intelligible speech
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Her reason to break up with her boyfriend seemed like a recited INCANTATION.
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a written or recited formula of words designed to produce a particular effect
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The boys' stay on the island seemed to be INTERMINABLE.
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having or seeming to have no end; wearisomely prolonged
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Her excuse seemed to be a lie; she told it CONSTRAINEDLY.
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with an unnatural manner
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The first sight of the ship was EXULTING.
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rejoicing
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When she first talked to her boyfriend, every sentence was said DIFFDENTLY.
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shyly; reservedly; unassertively
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The little boy MUTINOUSLY refuesed to leave the toy store.
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rebelliously
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