vocabulary (WW1)

Question 1

to beat with a whip

Answer 1

to flog

Question 2

(ggf.) the act of removing sb. from office

Answer 2

dismissal

Question 3

barrier on ships as a means of protection against falling overboard

Answer 3

railing

Question 4

unfit

Answer 4

ill-suited

Question 5

a strong feeling of disgust or horror

Answer 5

revulsion

Question 6

the act of supplying sb. with sth. that they need or want

Answer 6

provision

Question 7

crop mainly grown for sale

Answer 7

cash crop

Question 8

not based on reason, system or plan, seeming to be unfair

Answer 8

arbitrary

Question 9

very harmful

Answer 9

pernicious

Question 10

sb. who defends or justifies sth.

Answer 10

apologist

Question 11

to argue about unimportant details

Answer 11

to cavil

Question 12

opinion

Answer 12

contention

Question 13

a risky action

Answer 13

gamble

Question 14

small barrel of gun powder

Answer 14

powder keg

Question 15

a final threat to use force if sb. does not do what is wanted

Answer 15

ultimatum

Question 16

to divide sth. among people

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to apportion

Question 17

the fact or process of becoming worse

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deterioration

Question 18

to force sth. on someone

Answer 18

to impose upon

Question 19

wearing the other side downby killing so many men that they could not be replaced

Answer 19

war of attrition

Question 20

strong wire with short sharp points on it, used especially for fences

Answer 20

barbed wire

Question 21

a refusal by a group of soldiers or sailors to accept orders

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mutiny

Question 22

reserves of food

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stocks of supplies

Question 23

a person’s family origins

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descent

Question 24

the right of people in a country to choose their own government

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self-determination

Question 25

to prove that sth. is true

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to vindicate

Question 26

sb. whose job it is to buy and sell shares of stock (money) for other people

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stockbroker

Question 27

to work very hard, physically

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to toil

Question 28

being tired of war

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war-weariness

Question 29

to put an industry or a company under the control of the government, which becomes its owner

Answer 29

to nationalize

Question 30

a formal agreement during a war to stop fighting and discuss making peace

Answer 30

armistice

Question 31

an infectious disease

Answer 31

influenza

Question 32

existing at the beginning of time or the beginning of the earth

Answer 32

primordial

Question 33

having no ideals and becoming disappointed and bitter because of this

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disillusionment

Question 34

an [...] agreement, vote, decision etc. is in which all the people involved agree

Answer 34

unanimous