The Things They Carried Vocab
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English | Latin |
|---|---|
 improbable | (adj.) not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen |
| trivia | (n.) matters or things that are very unimportant, inconsequential, or nonessential |
| bedlam | (n) a scene or state of wild uproar and confusion |
| mundane | (adj) of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly |
| warranty | (n) an act or an instance of warranting; assurance; authorization; law. |
| alpha | (n) the first; beginning. (adj) being the most prominent, talented, or aggressive person in a group |
| superlative | (n) the utmost degree; acme |
| culottes | (n) women's trousers, usually knee-length or calf-length, cut full to resemble a skirt. |
| rear-echelon | (adj) the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc. [in a military operation] |
| echelon | (n) a level of command, authority, or rank |
| canopy | (n) a covering, usually of fabric, supported on poles or suspended above a bed, throne, exalted personage, or sacred object. |
| tantalize | (v) to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed. |
| complexion | (n) the natural color, texture, and appearance of the skin, esp. of the face |
| logistics | (n) the planning, implementation, and coordination of the details of a business or other operation. |
| scenario | (n) an imagined or projected sequence of events, esp. any of several detailed plans or possibilities |
| coy | (adj) artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish. |
| quaint | (adj) having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque |
| romantic | (adj) displaying or expressing love or strong affection. |
| adrenaline | (n) a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla upon stimulation by the central nervous system in response to stress, as anger or fear, and acting to increase heart rate, blood pressure, cardiac output, and carbohydrate metabolism. |
| composure | (n) serene, self-controlled state of mind; calmness; tranquillity |
| hygiene | (n) a condition or practice conducive to the preservation of health, as cleanliness. |
| consequence | (n) the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier |
| naïve | (adj) having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous |
| grungy | (adj) ugly, run-down, or dilapidated; dirty; filthy. |
| opaque | (adj) not transparent or translucent; impenetrable to light; not allowing light to pass through. |
| rapture | (n) ecstatic joy or delight; joyful ecstasy. |
| no-man's-land | (n) terrain between front lines of entrenched armies; land that is unowned and uninhabited |
| silhouette | (n) an outline that appears dark against a light background. |
| opium | (n) the dried, condensed juice of a poppy, Papaver somniferum, that has a narcotic, soporific, analgesic, and astringent effect and contains morphine, codeine, papaverine, and other alkaloids used in medicine in their isolated or derived forms: a narcotic substance, poisonous in large doses. |
| half-baked | (adj) not completed; insufficiently planned or prepared; lacking mature judgment or experience; unrealistic. |
| digression | (n) a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing. |
| blinder | (n) a person or thing that makes obscure or dark |
| grotesque | (adj) odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. |
| syllable | (n) an uninterrupted segment of speech consisting of a center of relatively great sonority with or without one or more accompanying sounds of relatively less sonority |
| elaborate | (adj) worked out with great care and nicety of detail; executed with great minuteness. (v) to work out carefully or minutely; develop to perfection. |
| speculate | (v) to engage in thought or reflection; meditate |
| endorphins | (n) any of a group of peptides occurring in the brain and other tissues of vertebrates, and resembling opiates, that react with the brain's opiate receptors to raise the pain threshold. |
| hemisphere | (n) half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere, esp. one of the halves into which the earth is divided. |
| balk | (v) to stop, as at an obstacle, and refuse to proceed or to do something specified |
| ARVN | Army of the Republic of Vietnam (a soldier in the army of South Vietnam) |
| CID | ? |
| MP | Military Police |
| NCO | Noncommissioned Officer |
| RF | Reserve Force |
| PF | ? |
| EM | Engineer of Mines |
| VC | Vietcong |
| lamasery | a monastery for lamas |
| utopia | an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal |
| autonomous | self-governing; N. autonomy |
| pseudo | a person who makes deceitful pretenses |
| facetious | cleverly amusing in tone |
| sophistication | falsification by the use of sophistry |
| irony | incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs |
| sentiment | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty |
| eccentric | a person with an unusual or odd personality |
| talisman | a trinket or piece of jewelry thought to be a protection against evil |
| invulnerable | immune to attack |
| repellent | the power to repel |
| peril | a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury |
| gape | a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open) |
| erotic | giving sexual pleasure |
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