LOTF Voc Unit 1
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Write down your 5 most difficult words.
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An uneven piece of broken rock with sharp edges.
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Something has nothing to do with the topic being discussed.
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A person clearly knows what they are trying to achieve.
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An object that bends easily rather than breaking.
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Someone is trapped or enclosed somewhere and cannot easily escape.
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Something sticks noticeably outwards.
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A small brown mark on someone's face.
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Something appears convincing at first, but is actually false.
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A very loud, harsh sound that is unpleasant to hear.
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A pair of glasses.
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Someone's arms move wildly because they are falling into the water.
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A boxer hits his opponent hard.
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Someone is frightened because another person appears powerful and confident.
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A student does something because the teacher insists, but clearly does not want to.
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Someone acts as though something does not matter, although it actually does
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askew turned or twisted to one side
Some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes so that they lay askew, often piled diminishingly on each other.
badge an emblem that signifies your status
There were badges, mottoes even, stripes of colour in stockings and pullovers
blare make a loud noise
The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.
canopy a covering that shelters an area from the weather
The great rock loitered, poised on one toe, decided not to return, moved through the air, fell, struck, turned over, leapt droning through the air and smashed a deep hole in the canopy of the forest.
choir a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
Wearily obedient, the choir huddled into line and stood there swaying in the sun.
clamber climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another.
cloak a loose outer garment, as worn by monks
Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone frill.
clout (boxing) a blow with the fist
Jack snatched from behind him a sizable sheath-knife and clouted it into a trunk.
coral a very small ocean creature that often forms reefs
Out there, perhaps a mile away, the white surf flinked on a coral reef, and beyond that the open sea was dark blue.
disentangle separate a twisted mass
Ralph disentangled himself cautiously and stole away through the branches.
efflorescence the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
It was clear to the bottom and bright with the efflorescence of tropical weed and coral.
effulgence the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence.
enormity the quality of extreme wickedness
The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.
flail especially of arms and feet: to move energetically in an uncontrolled way
Now the forest stirred, roared, flailed.
freckle a small brownish spot on the skin
His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness.
frill a long, narrow strip of cloth with folds along one side that is sewn along the edge of a piece of clothing or material for decoration
Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone frill.
frond compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
When these breezes reached the platform the palm fronds would whisper, so that spots of blurred sunlight slid over their bodies or moved like bright, winged things in the shade.
fulcrum the pivot about which a lever turns
Ralph used one hand as a fulcrum and pressed down with the other till the shell rose, dripping, and Piggy could make a grab.
grudgingly in a reluctant manner
Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air.
hiatus /haɪˈeɪ.təs/ - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm.
haze dust or smoke in the air that causes reduced visibility
Here and there, little breezes crept over the polished waters beneath the haze of heat.
immure lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Immured in these tangles, at perhaps their most difficult moment, Ralph turned with shining eyes to the others.
irrelevance the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything; but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy, who in this context was an irrelevance.
intimidated made scared or fearful as by threats
He was intimidated by this uniformed superiority and the offhand authority in Merridew's voice
intricacy marked by elaborately complex detail
A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread through the intricacies of the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of the mountain.
jagged having a sharply uneven surface or outline
The fair boy reached out and touched the jagged end of a trunk.
jumble assemble without order or sense
There was a jumble of the usual squareness, with one great block sitting out in the lagoon.
jut extend out or project in space
Piggy laid a hand on his jutting abdomen.
lagoon a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.
megaphone a cone-shaped acoustic device to amplify the human voice
"Where's the man with the megaphone?"
mirage when hot air distorts reflections of distant objects
Sleep enveloped him like the swathing mirages that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon.
octave a musical interval of eight tones
The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.
offhand with little or no preparation or forethought
He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him.
platform a raised horizontal surface
Here the beach was interrupted abruptly by the square motif of the landscape; a great platform of pink granite thrust up uncompromisingly through forest and terrace and sand and lagoon to make a raised jetty four feet high.
pliant capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Here the roots and stems of creepers were in such tangles that the boys had to thread through them like pliant needles.
purposeful serving as or indicating the existence of a goal
As he received the reassurance of something purposeful being done he began to look satisfied, and his only clean digit, a pink thumb, slid into his mouth.
reef a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the water's surface
"This is an island. At least I think it's an island. That's a reef out in the sea. Perhaps there aren't any grownups anywhere."
sapling young tree
The ground beneath them was a bank covered with coarse grass, torn everywhere by the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered with decaying coconuts and palm saplings.
scar a mark left by the healing of injured tissue
All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat.
scratch cut, scrape, or wear away the surface of
The owner of the voice came backing out of the undergrowth so that twigs scratched on a greasy wind-breaker.
skewed /skjuːd/ having a slanting direction or position, not accurate or exact, not straight
The most usual feature of the rock was a pink cliff surmounted by a skewed block; and that again surmounted, and that again, till the pinkness became a stack of balanced rock projecting through the looped fantasy of the forest creepers.
specious plausible but false
Ralph had been deceived before now by the specious appearance of depth in a beach pool and he approached this one preparing to be disappointed.
spectacles eyeglasses
He came forward, searching out safe lodgements for his feet, and then looked up through thick spectacles.
strident unpleasantly loud and harsh
The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.
traceable capable of being tracked or detected
None of the boys could have found good reason for this; what intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy while the most obvious leader was Jack.
trunk the main stem of a tree
He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another.
typhoon a tropical cyclone in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
Some act of God--a typhoon perhaps, or the storm that had accompanied his own arrival--had banked sand inside the lagoon so that there was a long, deep pool in the beach with a high ledge of pink granite at the further end.
undergrowth the brush beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
The undergrowth at the side of the scar was shaken and a multitude of raindrops fell pattering.
uninterested not having or showing a sense of concern or curiosity
He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him.
Some unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes so that they lay askew, often piled diminishingly on each other.
badge an emblem that signifies your status
There were badges, mottoes even, stripes of colour in stockings and pullovers
blare make a loud noise
The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.
canopy a covering that shelters an area from the weather
The great rock loitered, poised on one toe, decided not to return, moved through the air, fell, struck, turned over, leapt droning through the air and smashed a deep hole in the canopy of the forest.
choir a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
Wearily obedient, the choir huddled into line and stood there swaying in the sun.
clamber climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another.
cloak a loose outer garment, as worn by monks
Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone frill.
clout (boxing) a blow with the fist
Jack snatched from behind him a sizable sheath-knife and clouted it into a trunk.
coral a very small ocean creature that often forms reefs
Out there, perhaps a mile away, the white surf flinked on a coral reef, and beyond that the open sea was dark blue.
disentangle separate a twisted mass
Ralph disentangled himself cautiously and stole away through the branches.
efflorescence the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
It was clear to the bottom and bright with the efflorescence of tropical weed and coral.
effulgence the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
With that word the heat seemed to increase till it became a threatening weight and the lagoon attacked them with a blinding effulgence.
enormity the quality of extreme wickedness
The pause was only long enough for them to understand what an enormity the downward stroke would be.
flail especially of arms and feet: to move energetically in an uncontrolled way
Now the forest stirred, roared, flailed.
freckle a small brownish spot on the skin
His face was crumpled and freckled, and ugly without silliness.
frill a long, narrow strip of cloth with folds along one side that is sewn along the edge of a piece of clothing or material for decoration
Their bodies, from throat to ankle, were hidden by black cloaks which bore a long silver cross on the left breast and each neck was finished off with a hambone frill.
frond compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
When these breezes reached the platform the palm fronds would whisper, so that spots of blurred sunlight slid over their bodies or moved like bright, winged things in the shade.
fulcrum the pivot about which a lever turns
Ralph used one hand as a fulcrum and pressed down with the other till the shell rose, dripping, and Piggy could make a grab.
grudgingly in a reluctant manner
Then Piggy, too, raised his hand grudgingly into the air.
hiatus /haɪˈeɪ.təs/ - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
There came a pause, a hiatus, the pig continued to scream and the creepers to jerk, and the blade continued to flash at the end of a bony arm.
haze dust or smoke in the air that causes reduced visibility
Here and there, little breezes crept over the polished waters beneath the haze of heat.
immure lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
Immured in these tangles, at perhaps their most difficult moment, Ralph turned with shining eyes to the others.
irrelevance the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand
The shell was interesting and pretty and a worthy plaything; but the vivid phantoms of his day-dream still interposed between him and Piggy, who in this context was an irrelevance.
intimidated made scared or fearful as by threats
He was intimidated by this uniformed superiority and the offhand authority in Merridew's voice
intricacy marked by elaborately complex detail
A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread through the intricacies of the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of the mountain.
jagged having a sharply uneven surface or outline
The fair boy reached out and touched the jagged end of a trunk.
jumble assemble without order or sense
There was a jumble of the usual squareness, with one great block sitting out in the lagoon.
jut extend out or project in space
Piggy laid a hand on his jutting abdomen.
lagoon a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef
The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon.
megaphone a cone-shaped acoustic device to amplify the human voice
"Where's the man with the megaphone?"
mirage when hot air distorts reflections of distant objects
Sleep enveloped him like the swathing mirages that were wrestling with the brilliance of the lagoon.
octave a musical interval of eight tones
The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.
offhand with little or no preparation or forethought
He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him.
platform a raised horizontal surface
Here the beach was interrupted abruptly by the square motif of the landscape; a great platform of pink granite thrust up uncompromisingly through forest and terrace and sand and lagoon to make a raised jetty four feet high.
pliant capable of being shaped or bent or drawn out
Here the roots and stems of creepers were in such tangles that the boys had to thread through them like pliant needles.
purposeful serving as or indicating the existence of a goal
As he received the reassurance of something purposeful being done he began to look satisfied, and his only clean digit, a pink thumb, slid into his mouth.
reef a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the water's surface
"This is an island. At least I think it's an island. That's a reef out in the sea. Perhaps there aren't any grownups anywhere."
sapling young tree
The ground beneath them was a bank covered with coarse grass, torn everywhere by the upheavals of fallen trees, scattered with decaying coconuts and palm saplings.
scar a mark left by the healing of injured tissue
All round him the long scar smashed into the jungle was a bath of heat.
scratch cut, scrape, or wear away the surface of
The owner of the voice came backing out of the undergrowth so that twigs scratched on a greasy wind-breaker.
skewed /skjuːd/ having a slanting direction or position, not accurate or exact, not straight
The most usual feature of the rock was a pink cliff surmounted by a skewed block; and that again surmounted, and that again, till the pinkness became a stack of balanced rock projecting through the looped fantasy of the forest creepers.
specious plausible but false
Ralph had been deceived before now by the specious appearance of depth in a beach pool and he approached this one preparing to be disappointed.
spectacles eyeglasses
He came forward, searching out safe lodgements for his feet, and then looked up through thick spectacles.
strident unpleasantly loud and harsh
The note boomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before.
traceable capable of being tracked or detected
None of the boys could have found good reason for this; what intelligence had been shown was traceable to Piggy while the most obvious leader was Jack.
trunk the main stem of a tree
He was clambering heavily among the creepers and broken trunks when a bird, a vision of red and yellow, flashed upwards with a witch-like cry; and this cry was echoed by another.
typhoon a tropical cyclone in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
Some act of God--a typhoon perhaps, or the storm that had accompanied his own arrival--had banked sand inside the lagoon so that there was a long, deep pool in the beach with a high ledge of pink granite at the further end.
undergrowth the brush beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
The undergrowth at the side of the scar was shaken and a multitude of raindrops fell pattering.
uninterested not having or showing a sense of concern or curiosity
He tried to be offhand and not too obviously uninterested, but the fat boy hurried after him.
