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loiter
- v
- to hang around, to be purposeless
- "They went more slowly than Ralph had bargained for; yet in a way he was glad to LOITER, cradling his spear."
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floundering
- v
- clumsily trying to regain balance or control
- "The boar was FLOUNDERING away from them."
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indignantly
- adv
- showing righteous anger
- "I hit him,' said Ralph INDIGNANTLY."
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brandishing
- v
- waving around (as a gun)
- "Jack had him by the hair and was BRANDISHING his knife."
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impervious
- adj
- unaffected by other's opinions or actions
- "So they sat, the rocking, tapping, IMPERVIOUS Roger and Raplh, fumming; round them the close sky was loaded with stars, save where the mountain punched a hole of blackness."
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glowered
- v
- stared at with anger and resentment
- "He GLOWERED up under his eyebrows."
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dread
- n
- a feeling of extreme worry or fear
- "The circle shivered with DREAD."
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derisive
- adj
- showing contempt or ridicule
- "Simon broke off and turned to Piggy who was looking at him with an ecpression of DERISIVE incomprehension."
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sanctity
- n
- sacredness
- "...yet to the others the SANCTITY of the platform had protected even what was useless there."
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cynicism
- n
- doubting the goodness or sincerity of mankind
- "The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite CYNICISM of adult life."
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festooned
- v
- decorated
- "Presently the creepers FESTOONED the trees less frequently and there was a scatter of pearly light from the sky down through the trees."
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sauntered
- v
- walked with casual purpose or with pride
- "Seeing there was no immediate likelihood of a pause, Jack rose from the log that was his thone and SAUNTERED to the edge of the grass."
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tremulously
- adv
- showing fear and dread
- "I'm chief,' said Ralph tremulously."
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daunted
- v
- made to feel anxious or intimidated
- "Half-relieved, half-DAUNTED by the implication of further terrors, the savages murmured again."
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exulting
- v
- celebrating
- "The chief led then, trotting steadily, EXULTING in his achievement."
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myopia
- n
- short sightedness
- "...Piggy sat expressionless behind the luminous wall of his MYOPIA."
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talisman
- n
- lucky charm or token given superstitious value
- "By him stood Piggy still holding out the TALISMAN, the fragile, shining beauty of the shell."
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obscurity
- n
- state of being unknown or inconspicuous
- "The savage peered into the OBSCURITY beneath the thicket."
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