All Quiet on the Western Front Vocabulary

Question 1

abyss

Answer 1

bottomless hole, vast depth or expanse

Question 2

acrid

Answer 2

bitter, harsh (used with sense of taste or smell)

Question 3

affably

Answer 3

friendly, courteous

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allure

Answer 4

to influence, entice with a tempting appeal, sway

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angular

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sharp cornered, lean

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apathetic

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a lack of concern (or feeling)

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ascends

Answer 7

to move upwards or rise from a lower location

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authority

Answer 8

dictatorial, conclusive

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automate

Answer 9

acting in a mechanical way using no intelligence

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banal

Answer 10

lacking freshness, ordinary, common

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baseness

Answer 11

someone who lacks higher values

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bequeathed

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to leave in a will, to hand down

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blanched

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to make white, bleach or take the color out of

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camouflaged

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to be concealed by a disguise

Question 15

claustrophobia

Answer 15

a fear of enclosed/small places

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cloister

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to confine or seclude (leave alone)

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conceit

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a high opinion of one’s worth or abilities

Question 18

confounded

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to become confused or confuse someone else

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congealed

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to solidify

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contemptuously

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to extremely dislike or scorn

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debauched

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moral corruption

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decorum

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correct and proper behavior

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degeneration

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a way of/to decline

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demented

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someone insane

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despicable

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extremely bad

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destitute

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a state of extreme poverty/poorness

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deter

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something that discourages /keeps something from occurring

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dilate

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to expand, and expansion

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disconcerted

Answer 29

frustrating or upsetting

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disentanglement

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to unravel

Question 31

dissolution

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decomposition, dispersion (to disperse), disintegrate

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docile

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obidient, easy to manage

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drone

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a continuous, low humming noise; or a monotone voice

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elated

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to be very happy about something, have lifted spirits

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emaciated

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very thin (a result of starvation)

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equanimity

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a calm temper

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expedition

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something (an event or activity) done efficiently and with speed

Question 38

fallible

Answer 38

the capability of making an error

Question 39

fastidious

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extremely critical, a demanding attitude

Question 40

fatuous

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foolish or silly in an obnoxious way

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felled

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killing, the act of cutting or knocking down a tree

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ferocity

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savage/savagery

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flourish

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to thrive or grow well

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forebodings

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a preminition (hint) of evil [to come]

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foremost

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first in everything (time, place, position and rank)

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fraud

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something known to be genuine but is an imposter, a fake

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furrows

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to make a wrinkle or groove

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furtively

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secret in a bad way, stealthy

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giddy

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dizzy

Question 50

grievous

Answer 50

the emotion of being serious or grave, showing severe suffering or sorrow