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A Separate Peace
vocab on the novel A Separate Peace
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amiable | friendly |
| bantam | small |
| blitzkrieg | German for "lightning war" |
| calisthenics | exercises |
| capacious | large quantity |
| catapult | plane or missile launcher |
| compliance | conformity |
| consternation | shocked dismay |
| chronic | long lasting |
| cupola | dome-shape roof |
| deign | doing something in a haughty manner |
| delectable | delicious |
| delirious | irrational crude illness |
| detonation | explosion |
| douse | extinguish immersed in liquid |
| droll | oddly amusing |
| eccentric | unconventional/different |
| eloquence | notable speaking ability |
| emissary | representative |
| emphatic | with emphasis |
| encroach | trespass |
| erratic | inconsistent |
| exaltation | feeling of extreme happiness |
| exhort | urge to do something |
| expulsion | dismissal from a place or membership |
| fanfare | showy display |
| fey | supernatural |
| forlorn | lonely and miserable |
| galvanize | stimulate someone to act |
| genial | kind |
| grovel | to beg |
| inanimate | dull/dead |
| indignation | anger at unfairness |
| inebriate | to make intoxicated |
| infinitesimal | too small to be measured |
| idiosyncratic | quirky |
| interval | intervening period of time |
| insidious | gradual and harmful |
| insinuate | to imply something |
| intimidate | persuade or dissuade by frighten |
| intoxicant | something that causes drunkenness |
| inveigle | entice |
| irate | very angry |
| irresolute | incapable of deciding |
| ludicrous | absurdly ridiculous |
| maim | to wound or disable |
| matriarchal | referring to the female head of a family |
| mote | particle |
| nonentity | insignificant person |
| notion | idea |
| preserve | make sure something lasts |
| prow | ship's bow |
| ramshackle | badly built |
| reverberate | echo |
| reverie | daydream |
| salient | projecting |
| sedate | unhurried |
| sinecure | paid job requiring little work |
| smirk | smile smugly |
| solace | relief from emotional distress |
| sultry | hot and damp |
| specter | ghost |
| throng | crowd |
| transfix | to make immobile by shock |
| treachery | betrayal |
| trudge | walk wearily |
| veer | to change directions suddenly |
| venerable | worthy of respect |
Created by:
Kinsey MacDonald
on 2010-05-20