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All Quiet Vocab 9-12
Vocabulary from chapters 9-12 All Quiet on the Western Front
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Literature
12th Grade
12/11/2009

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aberration (n)
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a deviation from the normal or typical
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banal (adj)
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dull or stale because of overuse
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doggedly (adv)
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stubbornly; persistently
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fastidious (adj)
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refined in an overly dainty way; quick to be disgusted
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fatuous (adj)
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complacently stupid; silly, foolish
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implacable (adj)
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cannot be appeased or pacified; relentless
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insufferable (adj)
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intolerable; unbearable
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malevolent (adj)
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wishing evil to others; having or showing ill will
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obtuse (adj)
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slow to understand or perceive
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peevish (adj)
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showing ill humor or impatience
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placate (v)
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stop from being angry; appease
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strategem (n)
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any trick or scheme for achieving some purpose
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superfluous (adj)
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unnecessary; irrelevant
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surreptitiously (adv)
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in a secret way
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zealously (adv)
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in an intensely enthusiastic manner
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