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AQWF: Group 1 Vocab
Vocab for All Quiet on the Western Front.
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English
10th Grade
12/03/2006

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acrid
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strong and sharp
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aspirant
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ambitious and aspiring young person
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acrid
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adj. strong and sharp;
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aspirant
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n. an ambitious and aspiring young person;
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blighty
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n. a slang term for England used by English troops serving abroad
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constraint
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n. the state of being physically constrained;
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curtly
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adv. in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner;
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din
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n. a loud harsh or strident noise
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discomfiture
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n. anxious embarrassment
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disconcert
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v. cause to feel embarrassment;
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embowered
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v. enclose in a bower
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gamut
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n. a complete extent or range:
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gruel
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n. a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
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hearth
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n. an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built;
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indefatigable
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adj. showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality;
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indigent
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adj. poor enough to need help from others
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insatiable
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adj. impossible to satisfy;
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insubordination
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n. defiance of authority
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martinet
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n. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
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obliterate
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v. mark for deletion, rub off, or erase;
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ostracized
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v. expel from a community or group
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pensive
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adj. persistently or morbidly thoughtful
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pettifogging
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v. argue over petty things;
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pincenez
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n. spectacles clipped to the nose by a spring
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remonstrance
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n. the act of expressing earnest opposition or protest
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revile
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v. spread negative information about;
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tedious
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adj. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;
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voracity
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n. excessive desire to eat
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wrath
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n. intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
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