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curent english vocab
farewell to arms vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abstract | apart from concrete realities |
| anachist | a person who seeks to over through a form on constituted forms |
| articulation | to utter clearly and in distinct syllables |
| artillery | mounted projectile firing funs |
| battalion | ground force unit composed of a head quarters and two or more companies |
| bellows | a divice used for a strong current of air |
| blaspheme | to speak impetuously or irreverently of God or sacred things |
| buttress | an external propor support built to steady a structure by opposing thrusts |
| camions | a strongly built cart or wagon for transporting heavy loads |
| chalet | a heardsman's hut in the Swiss Alps |
| cholera | an epidemic characterized by profuse diarrhea, vomiting, cramps |
| coagulate | to change from a fluid to a thickening mass |
| compatriot | of the same country |
| conceit | an excessfully favorable opinion of one's own ability, importance |
| conscientious | meticulous, carful, particular |
| conspicuous | easily seen or noticed |
| contempt | the feeling with which a person regards anything considered meanly |
| contented | gratified, pleased, and happy |
| converge | to tend to meet in a point or line |
| cynical | distrusting or disparaging the motives or others |
| denounce | to condemn or censure openly or publicaly |
| dictate | to say or read something from another person to transcribe or for a machine reward |
| diplomatic | of, or pertaining to, or engaged in diplomacy |
| dormer | a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof |
| edify | to improve the morality,intellect, etc. of or by instruction |
| elaborate | work out with great care and nicety to details |
| elated | very happy or proud |
| exalt | to raise in rank, honor, power, character quality |
| formalities | condition or quality of being formal |
| fortify | to protect or strengthen against an attack |
| fresco | the art or technique of painting on a moist plaster surface with colors ground up and mixed with limewater |
| hallowed | regarded as holy, venerated, sacred |
| haughty | disdainful, proud, snobbish |
| impartial | not partial or biased, fair |
| ingenious | characterized by cleverness or originality of an invention or construction |
| inquisition | an official investigation especailly of pollitical or religious nature |
| junction | an act of joining or combining |
| malaria | any group of diseases characterized by chills, fever, and sweating |
| mutiny | revolt or rebellion against constitued authority |
| pennant | a relativley long tapered flag |
| porter | a person hired to carry burdens or baggage |
| probe | to search or examine throughly |
| protracted | to draw out or lengthen, especially in time |
| provisional | providing or serving for a time being only temporary |
| regiment | a unit of ground forces consisting of two or more battalions |
| rucksack | a type of bag carried by hikers |
| sacrilege | the violation of anything sacred or held sacred |
| salve | a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wound or sores |
| scrutiny | a searching examination or investigation minute inquirery |
| sentiment | an attitude toward something |
| sentry | a soldier stationed at a place to guard |
| socialism | in the marist theory, the next step after capitalism on the way to communism |
| solemn | grave, sober, or mirthless |
| succession | the coming of one person after another |
| taut | tightly drawn, tense, not slack |
| torrent | a stream of water flowing with great rapidity and violence |
| truss | to tie, bind, or fasten |
| Venetian | of or partaining to Venice, or its habitants |
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