A Separate Peace Vocabulary List
Chapter 1
Tacit
Contentious
Irate
Inveigle
Consternation
Rhetorically
Seigneurs
Chapter 2
Eloquence
Indulgent
Inane
Resonant
Conniver
unvoiced or unspoken; understood without being openly expressed
controversial; argumentative; quarrelsome
enraged
to entice or lure by artful talk
a sudden, alarming amazement or dread
spoken in a manner not intended to elicit a reply
feudal lords
Infer
fluent, forceful speech
yielding to the wishes or desires of (oneself or another)
lacking sense or ideas; empty or void
deep and full of sound
one who gives aid to wrongdoing by pretending not to know or
notice
to conclude by reasoning from premises or evidence
Chapter 3
Venerable
Inured
Anarchy
Fey
Insidious
Blitzkrieg
respected due to great age or associated dignity
toughened or accustomed by extended experience
a state or society without government or law
strange or otherworldly
treacherous; marked by hidden dangers, hazards or perils
(German) an overwhelming all-out attack
Chapter 4
Enmity
Vulnerable
Treachery
Candid
Jounced
active and typically mutual hatred or ill will
open to attack or damage
violation of allegiance or faith or confidence; the betrayal of trust
free from bias, prejudice, or malice; frank; absence of deception
moved in an up and down manner; bounced
Chapter 5
Cordovan
Decalogue
Ludicrous
Irresolutely
Erratic
a soft fine-grained colored leather
a basic set of rules carrying binding authority
amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity,
exaggeration or eccentricity
uncertainty; without sureness
inconsistent; irregular
Chapter 6
Vindicated
Idiosyncratic
freed; delivered from
peculiarly individualistic; eccentric
Invoking
Sinecure
Bantam
Automaton
Reprimand
Stupefaction
Chapter 7
Impinge
Insinuating
Fratricide
Judiciously
Funereal
Contretemps
Conspiratorial
Knickers
Puttees
Futility
Virtuoso
Encumbrance
Chapter 8
Clodhoppers
Ambiguously
Sanctity
Discernible
Opulent
Sobriety
Aphorisms
Pungent
Preeminently
Poignance
petitioning for help support; appealing to
an office or position requiring little or no work and usually
providing income
diminutive or tiny
a robot; one who acts in a monotonous, routine manner
a severe or formal rebuke or disapproval
overwhelmed amazement
to come into close contact with; encroach; infringe
tending to cause doubt, distrust, or change of outlook
the act of murdering one’s own brother or sister
wisely; in a soundly judgmental manner
of or relating to a funeral
an inopportune embarrassing occurrence; mishap
of or relating to or suggestive of a conspiracy or plot
loose-fitting short pants gathered at the knee
cloth strips wrapped around the leg from ankle to knee; leather
leggings secured by a strap or laces
sense of purposelessness; fruitlessness
one who excels in the technique of an art especially for military
uniforms
something that burdens or weighs down; an impediment
Refuting
Gulls
Patriarchal
Gibe
Abashed
Sententiousness
large, heavy shoes
doubtfully; uncertainly; obscurely
a holiness of life and character; godliness
detectible with the eyes or with the other senses; discriminating
amply or plentifully provided; luxurious; rich
the quality or state of being abstinent, sober, or well balanced
concise statements of principle; adages; maxims
sharp or biting to the sense of taste or smell
outstandingly; supremely
that which painfully affects the feelings; that which touches or
pierces
overthrowing by argument, evidence, or proof; disapproving
people who are easily deceived or cheated; duped
old; fatherly
taunting word; scoffs
embarrassed; disconcerted
state of excessive moralizing
Chapter 9
Vagaries
eccentric or unpredictable manifestations, actions, or notions
Herringbone
Bolsheviks
Liaison
Multifariously
Dowager
Cacophony
Proviso
Accolade
Chapter 10
Holocaust
Austerity
to ascend a slope by toeing out on skis and placing the weight on
the inner edge
member of the extremist wing of the Russian social democratic
party in Russia that seized supreme power in the 1917-1920
revolution
close bond or connection; an interrelationship
varyingly; diversely
a widow holding property or title received from her dead husband
harsh or discordant sound; dissonance
an article or clause that introduces a condition; a stipulation
a mark of acknowledgment; an award
Furlough
Thorough destruction or devastation, especially by fire
the quality of or state of being stern and forbidding in appearance
and manner; the quality of being somber or grave
one having or affecting sensitivity to the beautiful, especially in art
an omen, prediction or presentiment especially of coming evil; a
portent
a leave of absence from duty granted especially to a soldier
Chapter 11
Eunuch
Latent
Bane
Incredulously
Ruefully
Flourish
Torpid
Urbane
Incarnate
Obstinate
a castrated man placed in charge of a harem
dormant; quiescent
a person or thing that harms, spoils, or ruins
skeptically; unbelievingly
mournfully; regretfully
to grow luxuriantly; to thrive
dormant; numb; apathetic
notably polite or finished in manner; polished
to give bodily form and substance to; to realize; to actualize
not easily subdued, remedied, or removed
Chapter 12
Pontiff
Incongruity
Irreconcilably
Impervious
Parody
Languid
Precariously
Bellicose
Disconcerting
Parry
bishop; pope
the state of being incompatible; lack of harmony
inconsistently; inharmoniously; uncompromisingly
incapable of being influenced or affected
a feeble or ridiculous imitation
drooping from exhaustion; weak
doubtfully; dangerously; insecurely
inclined to start quarrels or warfare; belligerent
disturbing; unsettling
to ward off a weapon or blow
Aesthete
Foreboding