All Quiet on The Western Front Vocab

Banal

So 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 onto someone else);hand down

Commandeer

Officially take possession or control of something, especially for military purposes

Covet

Yearn to possess or have something; desire, crave

Emaciated

Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold. (bony)

Expound

present and explain a theory or idea systematically and in detail; explain the meaning of a literary or doctrinal work

Evasive

Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, especially by responding only indirectly (dodging, avoiding, escaping)

Fallible

Capable of making mistakes or being erroneous (error-prone)

Flourish

A bold or extravagant gesture or action, made especially to attract the attention of others or an instance of suddenly performing or developing in a impressively successful way.

Indigent

A poor and needy person

Indignation

Anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment

Martinet

a strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces; someone who demands following of rules and orders

Melancholy

A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause

Obliterate

destroy utterly; wipe out

Obtuse

Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand; stupid

ostracize

exclude someone from a society or group

Placate

Make someone less angry or hostile; pacify, calm, appease

Queue

A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed; to take ones place in a queue; line up

Reverberation

a sound that lasts for a long time and makes things seem to shake; repeated sound or echo

Superfluous

unnecessary, especially through being more than enough; unneeded, excess

Revile

Criticise in an abusive or angrily insulting manner

Trifling

Unimportant or trivial