WWI Vocabs Flashcards

1
Q

knock-kneed

A

straight up with knees touching, their feet and ankles will stay apart. coughing like

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2
Q

hag

A

an ugly old woman

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3
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sludge

A

soft, wet soil

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4
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trudge

A

to walk slowly with a lot of effort, especially over a difficult surface or while carrying something heavy:

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5
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limp

A

walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot

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6
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lame

A

not able to walk correctly because of physical injury to or weakness in the legs or feet

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7
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hoot

A

a short, loud, high sound

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8
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outstrip

A

to be or become greater in amount, degree, or success than something or someone

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9
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fumble

A

to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands

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10
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stumble

A

to step awkwardly while walking or running and fall or begin to fall:

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11
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flounder

A

to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next:

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12
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plunge

A

descending

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13
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gutter

A

to burn unevenly and weakly, especially before completely stopping burning

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14
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smother

A

to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe:

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15
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wagon

A

a vehicle with four wheels, usually pulled by horses or oxen, used for transporting heavy goods, especially in the past

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16
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writhing

A

writhing to make large twisting movements with the body:

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17
Q

jolt

A

a sudden violent movement

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18
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gargling

A

to move a liquid around in your throat without swallowing, especially to clean it or stop it feeling painful

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19
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froth-corrupted

A

small, white bubbles on the surface of a liquid:

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20
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obscene

A

offensive, rude, or shocking, usually because of being too obviously related to sex or showing sex:

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21
Q

cud

A

the partly-digested food that a cow

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22
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vile

A

extremely unpleasant

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23
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zest

A

enthusiasm, eagerness, energy, and interest:

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24
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ardent

A

showing strong feelings:

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25
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Dulce et decorum est

Pro patria mori.

A

It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country’.

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26
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passing-bell

A

bells a bell rung immediately after a death

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27
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stuttering

A

happening in a way that is not regular, for example by being sometimes good and sometimes bad, or sometimes moving or changing and sometimes not

28
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rattle

A

a sound similar to a series of quickly repeated knocks:

29
Q

patter

A

continuous and sometimes funny speech or talk, especially used by someone trying to sell things or by an entertainer

30
Q

hasty

A

(too much) speed

31
Q

orisons

A

prayer

32
Q

hasty

A

too speecg

33
Q

shrill

A

unpleasant loud sound

34
Q

demented

A

unable to think or act since you are extremely worried, angry or excited by sth.

35
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wailing

A

to make a long high cry

36
Q

bugles

A

a musical instrument like a trumpet

37
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glimmers

A

to shine with a weak light

38
Q

pallor

A

the state of being very pale

39
Q

brows

A

the forehead

40
Q

pall

A

negative mood

41
Q

drawing-down

A

reduce a suppley or sth

42
Q

wiring

A

the system of wire

43
Q

yawning

A

an amount that is too large to be reduced

44
Q

sentries

A

a soldier who guards a place

45
Q

mumble

A

whisper, low sound talking

46
Q

Unravelling

A

make it known

47
Q

twisting

A

having lots of tuens, changes, directions

48
Q

hammering

A

an occasion when sb is defeated completely

49
Q

stakes

A

to risk harming

50
Q

thud

A

the sound that is made when something heavy falls or hits something else:

51
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toil

A

hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired

52
Q

stealthy

A

movement that is quiet and careful in order not to be seen or heard

53
Q

haste

A

(too much) speed:

54
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Stock-still

A

without moving; completely still

55
Q

hither

A

without moving; completely still

56
Q

Stride

A

an important positive development: hither to or towards this place

57
Q

thither

A

to that place, in that direction

58
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clutching

A

to take or try to take hold of something tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain:

59
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snags

A

a problem, difficulty, or disadvantage:

60
Q

tangles

A

an untidy mass of things that are not in a state of order, or a state of confusion or difficulty:

61
Q

Ghastly

A

unpleasant and shocking

62
Q

dawn

A

the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky

63
Q

Gleams

A

to produce or reflect a small, bright light:

64
Q

desolate

A

lonely

65
Q

lurch

A

a sudden movement or change that is not smooth or normal

66
Q

mended

A

to fix