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Created by:
sarahbergen on January 30, 2012
Description:
Vocab from All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Classes:
University High Class of 2015, UHS Class of 2015, UHS English 10
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 voracity | huge appetite or greed for food |
| trifle | (n) something insignificant or frivolous; (v) to consider something insignificant or of little value or to act as though something has little value |
| indignation | anger as a result of something unjust |
| pithily | said or done in a meaningful way while being concise |
| humane | kind, compassionate, sympathetic, considerate |
| renunciation | ascetic self-denial; a denial or rejection of something previously stated or believed |
| decorum | appropriate conduct; correct and proper behavior |
| indefatigable | tireless, incapable of being fatigued |
| indigent | very poor, impoverished |
| acrid | caustic, bitter, harsh (often related to taste or smell) |
| deter | to discourage or keep from happening |
| baseness | the quality of lacking higher values |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied |
| laconically | said with a minimum of words; concise to the point of seeming rude |
| solace | (v) to give moral or emotional strength; (n) comfort or cheer |
| oblique | slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading |
| ferocity | savagery |
| debauched | (adj) morally corrupt |
| cloister | (v) to seclude or confine; (n) a secluded area often within a church |
| equanimity | a calm temper, an even disposition |
| docile | easily managed, obedient, passive |
| grievous | characterized by severe suffering or sorrow; serious or grave |
| quixotic | idealistic but impractical |
| supple | easily bent, elastic, pliable |
| precipitously | with great rapidity, haste or lack of caution |
| stagnant | not flowing or moving; foul as a result of lacking movement (often describes water) |
| affably | in a friendly, courteous or amiable way |
| upbraid | to scold harshly; to reproach |
| destitute | extremely poor, in extreme want |
| furtively | in an underhanded or stealthy way |
| elated | very happy about something; having elevated spirits |
| obtuse | dull of mind, insensitive, stupid |
| implacable | incapable of being appeased |
| fastidious | reflecting a meticulous or demanding attitude, critical to an extreme degree |
| surreptitiously | secretly, stealthily, in a clandestine manner |
| fatuous | foolish, silly in an obnoxious way, inane |
| banal | common, ordinary, lacking freshness, hackneyed |
| emaciated | very thin (usually as a result of starvation); wasting away |
| blanched | (adj) to have the color taken out of, to be bleached or made white; (v) to pale or turn white |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed or required, an overflow |
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