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All Quiet Vocab
Voacbulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| voracity | devouring food in great qualities |
| foresight | care or provision for the future; provident care, prudence |
| hygienic | conductive to good health, healthful; sanitary |
| ostracize | to exclude by general consent |
| feeble | physically weak, as from age or sickness |
| covet | to desire wrongfully |
| melancholy | a gloomy state of mind |
| embittered | cause to feel bitterness |
| renunciation | abandoning |
| reminiscence | the act or process of recalling past experiences, events, etc |
| disgruntled | displeased or discontented |
| swoon | to faint, lose conciousness |
| inscription | something inscribed |
| instantaneous | occuring, done, or completed in an instant |
| indifferent | without interest or concern |
| debauched | corrupted, debased |
| putrefaction | the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter |
| foraging | the gathering of food by hunting |
| rations | a fixed allowance of provisions or food |
| laudable | deserving praise |
| zeal | fervor for a person, cause or object |
| dejected | depressed in spirits |
| contemptuous | showing or expressing contempt ot disdain |
| dregs | the sediment of liquids |
| furtive | taken, done, used, etc. |
| obtuse | not quick or alert in perception |
| irresolute | doubtful |
| degeneration | the process of degenerating |
| aberration | the act of departing from the night, normal, or usual course |
| emaciated | marked by emaciation |