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All Quiet On the Western Front
part 2 vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
03/01/2007

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parapet
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an embankment that protects soldiers from enemy fire
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automaton
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someone who acts or responds in a mechanical way; a robot
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debauch
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to corrupt morally
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quixotic
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idealistic with out regard to practicality; caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals
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billet
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(n)lodging for troops
(vb) to lodge troops
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demonstrative
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given to or marked by the open expression of emotion
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laudable
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worthy of high praise
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opalescent
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a milky irredscence like that of an opal
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pretense
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the act of pretending; a false appearance or action intented to decieve
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placate
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to cause to be more favorably inclined; to appease
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