All Quiet on the Western Front Vocabulary List
LIST A: CHAPTERS 1-3
1. Voracity
noun
an insatiable appetite/eager to consume food
2. Cunning
noun
skill in deception/deceiving others
3. Disconcerted
adj.
a feeling of discomfort
4. Billets
noun
lodgings for soldiers
5. Unimpeachably
adv.
unquestionably
6. Trifling
adj.
unimportant or frivolous
7. Pithily
adv.
Precise or concise
8. Martinets
noun
rigid military disciplinarians
9. Ostracized
verb
excluded from a group; made outsiders
10. Implored
verb
begged for earnestly
11. Obliterate
verb
to remove from memory; to destroy
12. Melancholy
adj.
dejected; sad
13. Immaterial
adj.
unimportant
14. Indifferent
adj.
marked by a lack of interest or concern for something
15. Renunciation
noun
the act of giving up or resigning
16. Discomfiture
noun
embarrassment
17. Revile
verb
to use abusive language; to scold
18. Patronizingly
adv.
condescendingly
19. Uncanny
adj.
seeming to have a supernatural character; mysterious
20. Concord
noun
a harmonious blend of sound/agreement
21. Decorum
noun
the conventions of polite behavior
22. Sallow
adj.
of grayish or yellow color
23. Indefatigable
adj.
untiring
24. Remonstrance
noun
a presentation of grievances or complaints
All Quiet on the Western Front Vocabulary List
Write each vocabulary word in a complete sentence.
Due: Monday February 2
LIST B: CHAPTERS 4-7
1. Aspirants
one who seeks to attain a specific goal
2. Acrid
sharp and harsh; unpleasantly pungent odor or taste
3. Fallible
capable of making a mistake
4. Indigent
suffering from poverty and uncomfortable life conditions
5. Levies
to oppose or collect by legal authority (as in a tax)
6. Insatiable
incapable of being satisfied
7. Reminiscently
Thoughtful about past experiences
8. Insubordination
unwillingness to submit to authority
9. Cleaves
to adhere firmly and closely; to be loyal
10. Impinges
to strike or dash with a sharp collision
11. Debauched
to lead away from virtue and excellence
12. Sufficed
to meet or satisfy a need; to be sufficient
13. Obliquely
Not straightforward; indirect
14. Solace
an alleviation of grief or anxiety
15. Equanimity
an evenness of mind esp. under stress; composure
16. Sullen
gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed
17. Docile
easily led or managed; obedient
18. Pallid
lacking sparkle or liveliness; dull
19. Foraging
to wander or search for provisions
20. Quixotic
idealistic to an impractical degree
21. Askance
With disapproval or distrust; scornfully
22. Apoplexy
sudden loss of consciousness or voluntary movement
23. Tremulous
exceedingly sensitive; easily shaken
24. Affably
Being pleasant or at ease in talking with people; gracious
25. Plume
to indulge oneself in pride with obvious vanity; arrogance
26. Laudable
worthy of praise; commendable
All Quiet on the Western Front Vocabulary List
Write each vocabulary word in a complete sentence.
LIST C: CHAPTERS 8-12
Opalescent
Dregs
Furtively
Obscure
Abyss
Peevish
Exasperate
Obtuse
Implacable
Extenuation
Stark
Zealously
Idyll
Fastidious
Refinement
Intoning
Fatuous
Proffered
Forestall
Banal
Differentiated
Regeneration
Degeneration
Dissolution
rapt
aberration
emaciated
anemic
blanched
insensate
sufficed
superfluous
divinations
heedless
reflecting an iridescent light; shiny
the most undesirable part of something
Done by stealth; secretively
withdrawn from the center of human activity
bottomless gulf
marked by ill-temper; fretful
to cause irritation or annoyance
lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility
not capable of being appeased or significantly changed
partial justification or excuse
harsh; blunt
Passionately; ardently interested in pursuing something
a light, carefree movement that offers contentment
difficult to please; a meticulous or demanding attitude
the process of making something perfect
to recite in singing tones; to sing
complacently or inanely foolish; silly
to present for acceptance; offer [noun—an offer or suggestion]
to intercept or obstruct
drearily commonplace; often predictable or trite
something distinct or specialized
the process or act of creating anew; improving something
the process of falling to an inferior state
decomposition into fragments or parts
deeply moved; engrossed
a deviation from the expected course
to make or become extremely thin to the point of starvation
lacking vitality; listless or weak
to take color from something
lacking a sense of power to reason; lacking sense or logic
to meet or satisfy a need
being beyond what is required; more than necessary
an inspired guess
without care