Lord of the Flies - Vocabulary

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Antagonism:
~Own: the "bag guys" opposing force of the protagonist, when the bad guys are in power
~Dictionary: an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups
Sepals:
~Own: an individual part of a plant
~ Dictionary: one of the individual leaves or parts of a flower; usually green parts
Chapter 4;
Belligerence
~Own: an aggressive attitude
~Dictionary: a warlike or aggressively hostile nature
Impalpable
~Own: difficult to understand
~Dictionary: difficult for mind to grasp readily or easily
Detritus
~Own: debris
~Dictionary: rock in small particles or other material worn or broken away from a mass
Slewed
~Own: mumbled
~Dictionary: to turn sharply
Mere
~Own: pure
~Dictionary: pure and unmixed; fully as much as what is specified
Chapter 5
Derisive
~Own: putting into a class; mocking
~Dictionary: characterized by or expressing derision
Discursive
~Own: passing the time
~Dictionary: passing aimlessly from one ...

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