The Things They Carried Vocabulary

Question 1

Laxity:

Answer 1

State of lacking in rigor or strictness

Question 2

Exuberance:

Answer 2

Quality of being full or unrestrained enthusiasm

Question 3

Eviscerate:

Answer 3

To take away a vital part of something

Question 4

Configuration:

Answer 4

Arrangement of parts of elements

Question 5

Phosphorescent:

Answer 5

Emitting light but no heat

Question 6

Negligence:

Answer 6

Characterized by a lack of care

Question 7

Talisman:

Answer 7

A magic object with power

Question 8

Incendiary:

Answer 8

Tending to inflame or arouse

Question 9

Deferment:

Answer 9

Temporary postponement or induction into the military

Question 10

Hamlet:

Answer 10

Small town or village

Question 11

State of lacking in rigor or strictness

Answer 11

Laxity

Question 12

Quality of being full or unrestrained enthusiasm

Answer 12

Exuberance

Question 13

To take away a vital part of something

Answer 13

Eviscerate

Question 14

Arrangement of parts of elements

Answer 14

Configuration

Question 15

Emitting light but no heat

Answer 15

Phosphorescent

Question 16

Characterized by a lack of care

Answer 16

Negligence

Question 17

A magic object with power

Answer 17

Talisman

Question 18

Tending to inflame or arouse

Answer 18

Incendiary

Question 19

Temporary postponement or induction into the military

Answer 19

Deferment

Question 20

Small town or village

Answer 20

Hamlet

Question 21

Laxity

Answer 21

The laxity of the teacher is seen through the fact that he lets students eat and drink in class, meanwhile other teachers do not

Question 22

Exuberance

Answer 22

Fayth’s exuberance towards dance was seen through her peppy and extravagent cheerleading dance

Question 23

Eviscerate

Answer 23

The doctor was in the middle of a routine kidney removal, but immediatly after he eviscerated the kidney there was excessive blood loss

Question 24

Configuration

Answer 24

The tedious configuration of the food on the kid’s plate showed how he was a picky eater and hated when his food touched

Question 25

Phosphorescent

Answer 25

The diamond on my mothers wedding ring is incredibly phosphorescent, which explains why my 4 year old cousin is fascinated when light hits it

Question 26

Negligence

Answer 26

Child Services took the child away when they found out the mother was being incredibly negligent and left her two year old child home alone

Question 27

Talisman

Answer 27

Many people have talismans, some people have rabbits feet or a lucky die, mine is a lucky necklace i wear whenvever i take a huge exam

Question 28

Incendiary

Answer 28

An incendiary vessel was blown up in Syria this past weekend, it killed about 41 people

Question 29

Deferment

Answer 29

Many people had deferments during the Vietnam War because of school, and those that did not had to go to war or find antoher way out of it

Question 30

Hamlet

Answer 30

My mother lived in a hamlet on the southern tip of the UK, meanwhile my father lived in London