AQWF Flashcards

(45 cards)

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Voracity

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Quality of having a huge appetite

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Ostracized

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To exclude from a group by common consent

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Obliterate

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To remove from existence

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4
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Esprit de corps

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Common spirit existing in members of a group; comradeship

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5
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Revile

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To subject to verbal abuse

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Uncanny

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Beyond what is normal

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Decorum

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Conventions of polite behavior

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Fallible

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Liable to be wrong

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9
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Swoon

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To faint

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Insatiable

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Incapable of being satisfied

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Unscathed

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Not injured

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12
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Apparitions

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A ghostly figure

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Remote

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Far removed in space

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14
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Solace

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Comfort during grief

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15
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Sultry

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Very hot and humid

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Docile

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Easily led or managed

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Affably

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Characterized by ease and friendliness

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Zeal

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Will to do something

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Ludicrous

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Deserving laughter or scorn

20
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Furtively

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Quietly and secretively

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Detains

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To hold or keep as if in custody

22
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Placate

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To soothe or appeases by concessions

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Fastidious

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Having high and often difficult to please standards

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Surreptitiously

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In a stealthy way

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Melancholy
A depression of spirits
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Reproach
An expression of rebuke or disapproval
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Despicable
Deserving to be despised
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Iillusion
The state or fact of being intellectually deceived
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Superflous
Marked by wastefulness
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Solidarity
Unity of a group based on common interests, objectives, and standards.
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drafted at
18
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Wounded
5 times
33
Published in
1928
34
Created controversy in
Germany
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Didn’t
Justify German POV
36
Died in
1970
37
Became US citizen in
1947
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Neorealism
Matter-of-fact
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Universality
Applies to every soldier in every war
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Man vs
Himself
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Setting
1915-1918 France
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QA
Questioning of Authority: doubting those in authority; defiance
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ID
Internal Destruction: Man vs. Himself; conflicted on own opinion based on sights sounds and actions
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HW
Horrors of War: Graphic details; friends dead
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C
Comradeship: Close bond between soldiers