WWI Vocabs

Question 1

knock-kneed

Answer 1

straight up with knees touching, their feet and ankles will stay apart. coughing like

Question 2

hag

Answer 2

an ugly old woman

Question 3

sludge

Answer 3

soft, wet soil

Question 4

trudge

Answer 4

to walk slowly with a lot of effort, especially over a difficult surface or while carrying something heavy:

Question 5

limp

Answer 5

walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot

Question 6

lame

Answer 6

not able to walk correctly because of physical injury to or weakness in the legs or feet

Question 7

hoot

Answer 7

a short, loud, high sound

Question 8

outstrip

Answer 8

to be or become greater in amount, degree, or success than something or someone

Question 9

fumble

Answer 9

to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands

Question 10

stumble

Answer 10

to step awkwardly while walking or running and fall or begin to fall:

Question 11

flounder

Answer 11

to experience great difficulties or be completely unable to decide what to do or say next:

Question 12

plunge

Answer 12

descending

Question 13

gutter

Answer 13

to burn unevenly and weakly, especially before completely stopping burning

Question 14

smother

Answer 14

to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe:

Question 15

wagon

Answer 15

a vehicle with four wheels, usually pulled by horses or oxen, used for transporting heavy goods, especially in the past

Question 16

writhing

Answer 16

writhing to make large twisting movements with the body:

Question 17

jolt

Answer 17

a sudden violent movement

Question 18

gargling

Answer 18

to move a liquid around in your throat without swallowing, especially to clean it or stop it feeling painful

Question 19

froth-corrupted

Answer 19

small, white bubbles on the surface of a liquid:

Question 20

obscene

Answer 20

offensive, rude, or shocking, usually because of being too obviously related to sex or showing sex:

Question 21

cud

Answer 21

the partly-digested food that a cow

Question 22

vile

Answer 22

extremely unpleasant

Question 23

zest

Answer 23

enthusiasm, eagerness, energy, and interest:

Question 24

ardent

Answer 24

showing strong feelings:

Question 25

Dulce et decorum est | Pro patria mori.

Answer 25

It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country'.

Question 26

passing-bell

Answer 26

bells a bell rung immediately after a death

Question 27

stuttering

Answer 27

happening in a way that is not regular, for example by being sometimes good and sometimes bad, or sometimes moving or changing and sometimes not

Question 28

rattle

Answer 28

a sound similar to a series of quickly repeated knocks:

Question 29

patter

Answer 29

continuous and sometimes funny speech or talk, especially used by someone trying to sell things or by an entertainer

Question 30

hasty

Answer 30

(too much) speed

Question 31

orisons

Answer 31

prayer

Question 32

hasty

Answer 32

too speecg

Question 33

shrill

Answer 33

unpleasant loud sound

Question 34

demented

Answer 34

unable to think or act since you are extremely worried, angry or excited by sth.

Question 35

wailing

Answer 35

to make a long high cry

Question 36

bugles

Answer 36

a musical instrument like a trumpet

Question 37

glimmers

Answer 37

to shine with a weak light

Question 38

pallor

Answer 38

the state of being very pale

Question 39

brows

Answer 39

the forehead

Question 40

pall

Answer 40

negative mood

Question 41

drawing-down

Answer 41

reduce a suppley or sth

Question 42

wiring

Answer 42

the system of wire

Question 43

yawning

Answer 43

an amount that is too large to be reduced

Question 44

sentries

Answer 44

a soldier who guards a place

Question 45

mumble

Answer 45

whisper, low sound talking

Question 46

Unravelling

Answer 46

make it known

Question 47

twisting

Answer 47

having lots of tuens, changes, directions

Question 48

hammering

Answer 48

an occasion when sb is defeated completely

Question 49

stakes

Answer 49

to risk harming

Question 50

thud

Answer 50

the sound that is made when something heavy falls or hits something else:

Question 51

toil

Answer 51

hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired

Question 52

stealthy

Answer 52

movement that is quiet and careful in order not to be seen or heard

Question 53

haste

Answer 53

(too much) speed:

Question 54

Stock-still

Answer 54

without moving; completely still

Question 55

hither

Answer 55

without moving; completely still

Question 56

Stride

Answer 56

an important positive development: hither to or towards this place

Question 57

thither

Answer 57

to that place, in that direction

Question 58

clutching

Answer 58

to take or try to take hold of something tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain:

Question 59

snags

Answer 59

a problem, difficulty, or disadvantage:

Question 60

tangles

Answer 60

an untidy mass of things that are not in a state of order, or a state of confusion or difficulty:

Question 61

Ghastly

Answer 61

unpleasant and shocking

Question 62

dawn

Answer 62

the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky

Question 63

Gleams

Answer 63

to produce or reflect a small, bright light:

Question 64

desolate

Answer 64

lonely

Question 65

lurch

Answer 65

a sudden movement or change that is not smooth or normal

Question 66

mended

Answer 66

to fix