| AQOWF Vocabulary Ch.1-2: haricot: a type of bean voracity: huge appetite quid: a wad of something chewable peat: decayed soil queue: a line of people trundles: moves on wheels pithily: concisely ostracized: exiled; excluded unimpeachably: incapable of being criticized misere ouverte: a play in the popular German card game of skat. obliterate: blot out immaterial: unimportant renunciation: giving up pettifogging: cheating discomfiture: frustration convalescent: recovering after illness gangrene: decay of tissue as a result of injury Schopenhauer: German philosopher espirit de corps: sense of pride shared by the members of a group Ch.3-4: concord: agreement sallow: sickly, yellowish complexion indefatigable: untiring remonstrance: complaint lorries: trucks aspirants: those yearning for something acrid: bitter; stinging vortex: whirlpool indigent: poor Tommies: slang term for English soldiers Ch 5-7: insubordination: disobedience parapet: protective wall disabuse: rid of false ideas automata: creatures who act in an unthinking, mechanical way. foraging: searching for food quixotic: extremely idealistic billets: sleeping quarters apoplexy: paralysis; stroke tremulous: trembling laudable: praiseworthy La guerre--grand malheur--pauvres garcons-- French: The war--great misfortunes--poor boys Froggies: slang term for the French aller: French verb "to go" C.O.: Commanding Officer Ch. 8- 10: opalescent: colorful and shiny dysentery: intestinal disease furtively: sneakily abyss: bottomless pit stratagem: plan; trick eiderdowns: feather stuffed quilts fastidious: difficult to please chattels: personal property baldaquin: canopy over a throne or altar perambulators: baby carriages Goethe: German poet and dramatist (1749-1832) Ch. 11-12: superficiality: shallow insignificance Bushmen: a nomadic people of southern Africa dissolution: breaking up rapt: completely absorbed aberration: a departure from the normal bequeathed: handed down flotillas: small fleets niggardliness: stinginess insensate: unfeeling |