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All Quiet on the Western Front Vocabulary Chs. 1-4

selected vocabulary from chapters 1-4

AB
generationa body of living beings constituting a single step in the line of descent from an ancestor; a group of individuals born and living contemporaneously; a group of individuals having contemporaneously a status (as that of in a school) which each one holds only for a limited period
voracitythe quality or state of having a huge appetite
requisitionthe act of requiring something to be supplied
queuea waiting line especially of persons or vehicles
quartermasteran army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for a body of troops
deriveto take, receive, or obtain especially from a specified source
palatialof relating to being a palace; suitable to a palace
billetliving quarters assigned to military personnel; an order proving for room and board for military personnel
ostracizeto exclude from a group by common consent
death-throespangs or spasms related to death
pettifoggingto argue or quibble over trivial things
infuriateto make furious
grievouscausing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or sorrow; oppressive
esprit de corpsthe common spirit existing in the members of a group and inspiring enthusiasm, devotion, and strong regard for the honor of the group
patronizingto act as one who provides aid or support for; to adopt a manner of superiority, often while treating an inferior as an equal
disgruntleto make ill-humored or discontented
aspirant(n) one who seeks to attain or accomplish a particular goal ; (adj) : seeking to attain a desired position or status
indigentsuffering from a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
basenessthe condition of lacking or indicating the lack of higher qualities of mind or spirit; lacking higher values


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Archbishop Alter High School
Kettering, OH

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