A Separate Peace Vocab

Convalescence

period of recovery from wounds or illness

Ramshackle

appearing ready to collapse, carelessly built/made

Salient

something that projects outward from its surroundings

Scatterbrained

disorganized, unfocused

Truant

one who shirks duty, the shirking of duty

Indulgent

excessively lenient or generous

Calisthenics

system of rhythmic exercises performed without apparatus and often to warm up

Loitering

to delay an activity with idle stops, to lag behind for no reason

Jounce

to move in an up-and-down manner

Invalid

one who is sickly or disabled

Tedious

tiresome due to dullness or length of action

Exhort

to urge strongly, to incite by argument

Idiosyncratic

a peculiarity of constitution or temperament

Transfigure

to give a new exalted or spiritual appearance

Transcend

to rise above and go beyond (oftentimes beyond the material and mundane)

Saline

consisting of or containing salt

Goad

to rouse or incite as with a goad (pointed rod)

Encumbrance

something that burdens, serves as impediment

Opulent

characterized by wealth, abundance

Sobriety

the quality of being sober, serious, solemn

Hypocritical

characterized by behavior that contradicts what one professes to believe or feel

Conventional

formed by agreement, commonplace, lacking originality

Furlough

leave of absence granted to government employee

Terminus

either end of transport line, an extreme point or boundary

Grudge

to be unwilling to give or admit, to give resentfully

Incarnate

made manifest in human or material form

Tumult

disorderly agitation of a crowd with accompanying noise

Personage

a person of rank or note

Pontiff

of or relating to the Pope or bishops (sort for pontifex)

Incongruity

lacking balance or harmony

Marrow

bone marrow, the choicest or most essential part (of food)

Malarkey

insincere or foolish talk

Resentment

feeling of indignant or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong or injury

Erratic

having no fixed or consistent course or uniformity