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All Quiet on the Western Front

Vocabulary Words – Chapter 7

1. Ornamental – adj.

a. Used or grown for ornament

b. Providing ornament; decorative

c. Of or relating to ornament

2. Quixotic – adj.

a. Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable

b. Impulsive and often rashly unpredictable

3. Smutty– adj.

a. Soiled with smut; grimy

b. Indecent or obscene, as talk or writing

c. Given to indecent or obscene talk, writing, etc. as a person

4. Billeted– noun

a. Lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building

b. Military. An official order, written or verbal, directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide such lodging

5. Bewildering – adj.

a. Extremely confusing

6. Moors– noun

a. A tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath

b. A tract of land preserved for game

7. Dwindle – verb

a. To become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away b. To fall away, as in quality; degenerate

8. Silhouette– noun

a. A two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object, as a cutout or configurationally drawing, uniformly filled in with black, especially a black-paper, miniature cutout of the outlines of a famous person’s face

b. The outline or general shape of something

c. A dark image outlined against a lighter background

9. Stagnant– adj.

a. Not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.

b. Stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water

c. Characterized by lack of development, advancement, or progressive movement

d. Inactive, sluggish, or dull

10. Apoplexy– noun

a. Stroke

b. A sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel

c. A hemorrhage into an organ cavity or tissue

11. Tremulous – adj.

a. Characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness

b. Timid; timorous; fearful

c. Vibratory, shaking, or quivering

d. Done with a trembling hand

12. Hearken – verb

a. To give heed or attention to what is said

b. To listen to; to hear