All Quiet on the Western Front Vocabulary

aberration

Deviation from the right, normal, or usual course

acrid

Bitterly pungent; irritating to taste or smell

affable

Pleasantly easy to approach; friendly

apoplexy

Sudden impairment of neurological function; stroke

armistice

Temporary suspension of hostilities; truce

aspirant

One who seeks career advancement or status

automaton

Mechanical figure acting on its own; robot

cleave

Adhere closely; remain faithful to something

convalescent

Recovering from illness or injury

disconcert

Disturb self-possession; throw into confusion

divination

Attempting to foretell future events by supernatural means

emaciate

Make abnormally lean by wasting away flesh

expound

Set forth in detail; explain or interpret

fastidious

Excessively critical or demanding; hard to please

grievous

Causing great sorrow or pain; outrageous

impinge

Make an impression; encroach or infringe

indigent

Lacking necessities due to poverty; needy

inducement

Motivating or persuading someone

insensate

Without sensation or human feeling; cruel

irresolute

Doubtful; vacillating; not resolute

laconically

Using few words; concise

oblique

Slanting; not straightforward; indirectly stated

palatial

Resembling a palace; stately and magnificent

precipitous

Extremely steep or rapid; resembling a precipice

renunciation

Act of relinquishing or sacrificing something

requisition

Formal demand for something to be done or supplied

reverberation

Reechoed sound; reflection of sound waves

superfluous

Excessive; unnecessary or needless

surreptitious

Done by stealth; secret or clandestine

voracity

Eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous