Lord of the Flies

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Lord of the Flies

• Vocabulary CH 5

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ludicrous

• ridiculous, absurd

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Example

• "But Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had
  brains."

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effigy

• representation

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Example

• "At first he was a silent effigy of sorrow but
  then the lamentation rose out of him."

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lamentation

• weeping, crying

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Example

• "At first he was a silent effigy of sorrow but
  then the lamentation rose out of him."

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decorum

• proper manners and good taste

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Example

• "That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum."

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inarticulate

• unable to speak

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Example

• "Simon became inarticulate in his effort to
  express mankind's essential illness."