All Quiet on the Western Front Vocab

Banal

Lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring

Bequeath

Leave a personal estate or one's body to a person or other beneficiary by a will, pass something on or leave something to someone else

Commandeer

Officially take possession or control of something, without authority or for military purposes

Covet

Yearn to possess or have something

Emaciated

Unusually thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food

Expound

To explain, present, or interpret something in detail

Evasive

Giving answers in a way that is not direct or clear, especially because you do not want to give an honest answer

Fallible

Capable of making mistakes or being incorrect

Flourish

Grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly favorable environment, or a bold or extravagant gesture or action

Indigent

Poor; needy

Indignation

Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

Martinet

A strict disciplinarian, especially in armed forces

Melancholy

A feeling of pensive sadness

Obliterate

Destroy utterly; wipe out, or cause to become invisible or indistinct

Obtuse

Annoyingly slow to understand; dull-witted

Ostracize

Exclude someone from a society or group

Placate

Make someone less angry or hostile

Queue

A line of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed, or a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order

Reverberation

prolongation of a sound; resonance, or a continuing effect

Revile

criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

Superfluous

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough

Trifling

unimportant or trivial