<p>Name: ______</p><p>All Quiet on the Western Front</p><p>Vocabulary Words – Chapter 7 </p><p>1. Ornamental – adj. </p><p> a. Used or grown for ornament</p><p> b. Providing ornament; decorative</p><p> c. Of or relating to ornament </p><p>2. Quixotic – adj. </p><p> a. Extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable</p><p> b. Impulsive and often rashly unpredictable</p><p>3. Smutty– adj. </p><p> a. Soiled with smut; grimy</p><p> b. Indecent or obscene, as talk or writing</p><p> c. Given to indecent or obscene talk, writing, etc. as a person </p><p>4. Billeted– noun</p><p> a. Lodging for a soldier, student, etc., as in a private home or nonmilitary public building</p><p> b. Military. An official order, written or verbal, directing the person to whom it is addressed to provide such lodging</p><p>5. Bewildering – adj. </p><p> a. Extremely confusing </p><p>6. Moors– noun </p><p> a. A tract of open, peaty, wasteland, often overgrown with heath, common in high latitudes and altitudes where drainage is poor; heath</p><p> b. A tract of land preserved for game </p><p>7. Dwindle – verb</p><p> a. To become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away b. To fall away, as in quality; degenerate</p><p>8. Silhouette– noun </p><p> 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</p><p> b. The outline or general shape of something</p><p> c. A dark image outlined against a lighter background</p><p>9. Stagnant– adj. </p><p> a. Not flowing or running, as water, air, etc. </p><p> b. Stale or foul from standing, as a pool of water</p><p> c. Characterized by lack of development, advancement, or progressive movement </p><p> d. Inactive, sluggish, or dull</p><p>10. Apoplexy– noun</p><p> a. Stroke</p><p> b. A sudden, usually marked loss of bodily function due to rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel</p><p> c. A hemorrhage into an organ cavity or tissue </p><p>11. Tremulous – adj. </p><p> a. Characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness</p><p> b. Timid; timorous; fearful</p><p> c. Vibratory, shaking, or quivering</p><p> d. Done with a trembling hand</p><p>12. Hearken – verb </p><p> a. To give heed or attention to what is said</p><p> b. To listen to; to hear </p>
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