10 Unfamiliar Vocabulary- Lord of the Flies Chapter 4

1. Hysteria: Among a group of people is a state of uncontrolled excitement, anger or panic.
E.g. He was teased and neglected from the group so badly that the hatred towards the group turned to hysteria.

2. Errant: Errant is used to describe someone whose actions are considered unacceptable or wrong by other people.
E.g. She never does her homework, what an errant student.

3. Procession: A procession is a group of people who are walking, riding, or driving in a line as part of a public event.
E.g. Procession is always done in sometime of year.

4. Ecstatic: If you are ecstatic, you feel very happy and full of excitement.
E.g. After he got 8 A’s in his progress report; he laughed ecstatically which seemed fanatic.

5. Barren: If you describe something such as an activity or a period of your life as barren, you mean that you achieve no success during it or that it has no useful results.
E.g. As he was reaching the closing years of his life, he was regretting how barren his life was because he couldn’t think of anything he had done.

6. Trot: If you trot somewhere, you move fairly fast at a speed between and running, taking small quick steps.
E.g. The injured deer could do nothing but trot even though it was seeing the bloodthirsty lion sprinting towards it.

7. Triumphant: Someone who is triumphant has gained a victory or succeeded in something and feels very happy about it.
E.g. A man who robbed a bank somehow didn’t feel that triumphant even though he had the money to live his whole life prosperously.

8. Preposterous: Disapproval/If you describe something as preposterous, you mean that it is extremely unreasonable and foolish.
E.g. He seemed very preposterous after he asked what the homework was right after the teacher explained what it was.

9. Swarthy: A swarthy person has a dark face.
E.g. Not only was he a swarthy person but he had a devil-like heart.

10. Ravenous: If you are ravenous, you are extremely hungry.
E.g. Jack ran towards his quarry ravenously that one couldn’t distinguish which was the beast.