Vocab: Slaughterhouse Five Flashcards
1
Q
containing or operated by air or gas under pressure
A
pneumatic
2
Q
absolute; unqualified
A
unmitigated
3
Q
add details; as to an account or idea
A
dilate
4
Q
liberality in bestowing generosity
A
magnanimity
5
Q
make unable to think; to confuse
A
addle
6
Q
a reason given in justification of a course of action that is not the real
A
pretext
7
Q
mercy
A
clemency
8
Q
an animal hunted for food
A
quarry
9
Q
immeasurably small
A
infinitesimal
10
Q
a homeless child
A
waif
11
Q
in deplorable condition
A
ramshackle
12
Q
to decorate with flowers
A
festoon
13
Q
senseless talk
A
balderdash
14
Q
a design made out of small miscellaneous materials
A
mosaic
15
Q
a sense of whirling and loss of balance
A
vertigo
