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Combined Sets
Ch.1-5 AQOWF+Ch. 6-12 AQOWF
Term | Definition |
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Barrage | curtain of heavy artillery fire just in front of friendly troops to screen and protect them |
Billets | lodgings assigned to soldiers |
Helter-Skelter | in disorder or confusion |
Insubordination | disobedience to authority |
Laconically | with few words |
Queue | line of people |
Rail | to scold or denounce harshly |
Restive | restless |
Satchel | small bag with a shoulder strap |
Windfall | unexpected sudden gain |
Chasten | to punish; to make humble |
Devastated | overwhelmed; ruined |
Listless | lacking energy |
Ludicrous | ridiculous; laughable |
Melancholy | depressed in spirit; sad |
Obliquely | indirectly; in a slanting or sloping direction |
Parapet | low wall of stone or earth to protect soldiers |
Rave | to speak wildly or angrily |
Remnant | small surviving part |
Solace | relief; comfort |
Banal | ordinary; lacking originality |
Convalescent | recovering health and strength gradually after sickness |
Forlorn | sad and lonely |
Idyll | carefree episode |
Invulnerable | unable to be harmed or wounded |
Repulse | to fight off an attacker |
Shrewdly | wisely; cleverly |
Surreptitiously | sneakily; secretly |