Lord of the Flies Vocabulary: List 2

Avidly

Eagerly; enthusiastically

Inscrutable

Not easily understood

vicissitudes (49)

Difficulties or hardships

Contrite

Sincerely sorry for shortcomings

Rapt

Completely absorbed

Impending

As though hanging suspended

Blatant

Brazenly obvious; flagrant; offensively noisy or loud; clamorous

Generic

Without distinction; in general

Belligerence

An aggressive, stubborn attitude

Chastisement

Punishment; extreme criticism

Myriad

Innumerable; indefinitely great number of people or things

Swarthiness

Darkness (of skin)

Malevolently

With hostility; wishing evil or harm

Ludicrous

Ridiculous, absurd

Effigy

Representation, especially sculpted as in a monument

Lamentation

Weeping, crying; expressing guilt

Interminable

Seemingly without end

Embroiled

Involved in conflict; involved in contention or strife

Diffidently

With hesitation and respect

Leviathan

A great sea monster defeated by God in the Old Testament Book of Job