All Quiet on the Western Front
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Front | where fighting takes place; battlefield |
| requisitioned | to make a list of supplies you want |
| voracity | craves; hug desire |
| foresight | looking ahead |
| windfall | unexpected gain |
| queue | a line |
| bombardment | attack using artillery |
| ration | a portion; allotment of something |
| billets | a building where soldiers stay |
| palatial | huge and magnificent |
| constraint | to hold back |
| indignation | angry at unjust action |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| ostracized | to be an outcast |
| helter-skelter | no organization |
| mediator | person who settles differences |
| mutineers | a rebel against authority |
| tactless | without sensitivity |
| feeble | weak |
| coveted | prized and valued |
| intervene | to come between |
| obliterate | to destroy; to begone |
| melancholy | causing sadness |
| profoundly | thought through; wise; insightful |
| immaterial | not important |
| embittered | harsh |
| gamut | range |
| renunciation | formal rejection |
| esprit de corps | group spirit; pride and honor |
| infuriated | furious; extremely angry |
| discomfiture | frustration of hopes and plans |
| protrude | to stick out |
| gangrene | disease where tissue decays |
| convalescent | a period of recovery |
| comradeship | fellow soldiers |
| wasteland | a place where things do not prosper or grow |
| reinforcements | additional help |
| reminiscence | memories of past |
| patronizingly | treating someone as though they are not your equal |
| disgruntled | displeased |
| bog-myrtle | plant |
| decorum | respect and good conduct |
| indefatigable | not tired |
| fatigue | tired |
| anihilation | complete destruction |
| penetrate | to go through |
| monotonously | long, boring, dull |
| lorries | trucks |
| non- com | non commissioned officer |
| court- martial | if you do something against military law you are brought to military court |
| inscription | to sign up for something |
| perplexing | confusing; puzzling |
| gusto | enthusiasm |
| unison | coming together |
| posy | bunch of flowers |
| insubordination | disobedience |
| artillery | weapons of war |
| instantaneous | fast |
| indifferent | don't care |
| bayonets | knife attached to rifle |
| calibre | diameter of weapon |
| dementing | loss of memory |
| convulsion | uncontrollable |
| claustrophobia | fear of close spaces |
| entanglements | confusion |
| debauched | morally corrupt |
| stupor | mental numbness |
| benediction | blessing |
| inapprehensible | incomprehensible |
| chloroform | chemical that knocks you out |
| putrefaction | decomposition of organic matter |
| equanimity | balanced |
| foraging | to search for |
| canteen | a supplies place |
| demonstrative | show emotions |
| apoplexy | something wrong with brain |
| parapet | protective wall in trenches |
| zeal | enthusiasm |
| laudable | deserving praise |
| dejected | sad after being rejected |
| skirmishing | minor battle |
| contemptuously | disapproval and hatred |
| dregs | least valuable |
| furtively | sneaky |
| melancholy | causing sadness |
| abyss | never ending hole |
| amiss | when things don't go as planned |
| devastated | destroyed; ruined |
| obtuse | dull, slow to understand |
| culprits | people who are guilty |
| extenuation | partial justification |
| irresolutely | undecided |
| avert | to look away to avoid |
| stratagem | to deceive or outwit the enemy |
| subsides | goes away |
| placate | try to please |
| driveling | talk nonsense |
| petrified | scared; frozen |
| edibles | things that you can eat |
| provocation | conduct with response |
| surreptitiously | secretly |
| convoy | group that travels together for safety |
| tetanus | disease of nervous system |
| fatuous | silly and pointless |
| superficiality | something without depth |
| dysentery | disease of intestines |
| degeneration | declining health mentally and physically |
| dissolution | to not respond |
| aberration | unusual action |
| emaciated | unhealthy thin |
| oppressive | harshly treated |
| despair | lack of hope |
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