1. Lord of the Flies Vocab
Chapters 1-3

2. Chapter 1 Vocabulary Words
Foliage (pg 9)
Suffusion (pg 23)
Motif (pg 12)
Askew (pg 26)
Specious (pg 12)
Pliant (pg 26)
Enmity (pg 14)
Immured (pg 27)
Decorous (pg 15)
Bastion (pg 29)
Intricacies (pg 17)
Furtive (pg 22)

3. Foliage (page 9)
The leaves of a plant, collectively; leafage.

4. Motif (page 12)
A dominant idea or feature.

5. Specious (page 12)
Pleasing to the eye, but deceptive.

6. Enmity (page 14)
A feeling of hostility or hatred.

7. Decorous (page 15)
Dignified in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.

8. Intricacy (page 17)
An obscure, complex, or puzzling part/action/etc.

9. Furtive (page 22)
Sly, shifty; secret.

10. Suffusion (page 23)
The spreading of a color, liquid, etc.

11. Askew (page 26)
In a crooked position.

12. Pliant (page 26)
Bending easily.

13. Immured (page 27)
Enclosed; imprisoned.

14. Bastion (page 29)
A fortified or secure place.

15. Errant (page 38)
Deviating from the normal.

16. Martyred (page 38)
To suffer or be put to death on behalf of an idea.

17. Ebullience (page 38)
Exuberance; excitement.

18. Grotesque (page 39)
Ugly or absurd; bizarre.

19. Absurd (page 40)
Senseless or illogical; untrue.

20. Recrimination (page 43)
A claim made by an accused person against his accuser; a counter-argument.

21. Tumult (page 43)
Violent or noisy commotion; an uproar.

22. Tirade (page 45)
A bitter, outspoken denunciation or speech.

23. Abyss (page 49)
A deep, immeasurable space.

24. Vicissitude (page 49)
A change; something new, different.

25. Opaque (page 53)
Not transparent; hard to see through.

26. Inscrutably (page 56)
Not easily understood.

27. Susurration (page 57)
A soft whisper.