All Quiet on the Western Front

aberration

(n.) the act of departing from the right, normal, or usual course; the act of deviating from the ordinary, usual, or normal type; deviation from truth or moral rectitude.

acrid

(adj.) sharp or biting to the taste or smell; extremely stinging or bitter; bitterly pungent.

affable

(adj.) pleasantly easy to approach and talk to.

apoplexy

(n.) stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain.

armistice

(n.) an agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for a certain time; a truce.

aspirant

(n.) person who aspires/ seek/ desires a career, advancement, status, etc.

automaton

(n.) a person who behaves in a mechanical, routine manner; a robot

cleave

(v.) to adhere closely; stick; cling.

convalescent

(n.) a person or the state of recovering from an illness or injury.

disconcert

(v.) to confuse; to disturb the composure of; perturb; ruffle.

divination

(n.) the art or act of predicting the future or discovering hidden knowledge.

emaciate

(v.) grow weak and thin or waste away physically.

expound

(v.) to explain in detail; to clarify.

fastidious

(adj.) hard to please; requiring or characterized by excessive care or delicacy.

grievous

(adj.) causing sorrow or pain; serious

impinge

(v.) to make an impression; have an effect or impact to encroach; infringe upon.

indigent

(adj.) lacking food, clothing, and other necessities.

inducement

(n.) the act of inducing; the state of being induced. (motivate/persuade)

insensate

(adj.) lacking sensation or awareness; lacking sense or ability to reason; brutal; lacking feeling.

irresolute

(adj.) unable to make up one's mind, hesitating

laconically

(adj.) using few words; concise.

oblique

(adj.) slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct.

palatial

(adj.) relating to a palace; magnificent

precipitous

(adj.) extremely steep; extremely rapid, hasty, rapid, hasty, or abrupt.

renunciation

(n.) rejection; refusal to acknowledge

requisition

(n.) the act of requiring or demanding; a demand made; an authoritative or formal demand for something to be done.

reverberation

(n.) re-echoed sound.

superfluous

(adj.) exceeding what is sufficient or required, excess.

surreptitious

(adj.) obtained, done, or made by secret or stealth.

voracity

(n.) greed for food; ravenousness.