Advanced Academic Vocabulary and War Poetry Terms
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Academic Vocabulary List
- Adulterate
- — make impure
- Augment
- — increase
- Dour
- — gloomy
- Fortitude
- — courage
- Gape
- — stare open-mouthed
- Guise
- — appearance
- Insidious
- — harmful but subtle
- Opulent
- — very wealthy
- Reiterate
- — repeat
- Tentative
- — unsure
- Unkempt
- — messy
- Verbatim
- — word-for-word
- Amicable
- — friendly
- Averse
- — strongly opposed
- Belligerent
- — aggressive
- Benevolent
- — kind
- Duplicity
- — deceit
- Extol
- — praise highly
- Feasible
- — possible
- Impervious
- — not affected
- Impetus
- — driving force
- Jeopardy
- — danger
- Nostalgia
- — longing for the past
- Scrutinize
- — examine closely
- Adversary
- — enemy
- Alienate
- — isolate
- Coerce
- — force
- Craven
- — cowardly
- Culinary
- — related to cooking
- Demise
- — death
- Harass
- — bother repeatedly
- Muse
- — think deeply
- Perpetuate
- — make continue
- Precedent
- — earlier example
- Punitive
- — intended to punish
- Urbane
- — refined
- Affiliated
- — connected
- Ascertain
- — find out
- Converge
- — come together
- Disperse
- — spread out
- Esteem
- — respect
- Invulnerable
- — unable to be harmed
- Malevolent
- — evil
- Nonchalant
- — calm and unconcerned
- Panacea
- — cure-all
- Scrupulous
- — very careful
- Skulk
- — move secretly
- Uncanny
- — strange
- Benefactor
- — giver of help
- Chivalrous
- — polite and honorable
- Dearth
- — lack
- Discrepancy
- — difference
- Embark
- — begin a journey
- Facile
- — too easy
- Infallible
- — never wrong
- Plod
- — walk heavily
- Pungent
- — strong smell or taste
- Remiss
- — careless
- Temerity
- — reckless boldness
- Unfeigned
- — genuine
- Destitute
- — extremely poor
- Extirpate
- — remove completely
- Inopportune
- — bad timing
- Ironic
- — opposite of expected
- Officious
- — overly bossy
- Ominous
- — threatening
- Pinnacle
- — highest point
- Premeditated
- — planned in advance
- Rampant
- — uncontrolled
- Solace
- — comfort
- Stately
- — dignified
- Suppress
- — stop or hold back
Key War and Love Poems
- The Charge of the Light Brigade ➡️ War, honor, obedience 🔹 Narrative poetry, imagery, rhyme, sound devices
- War Is Kind ➡️ War is cruel (irony) 🔹 Irony, paradox, repetition, imagery
- In Flanders Fields ➡️ Dead soldiers urge others to fight 🔹 Imagery, personification, rhyme
- The Last Laugh ➡️ War mocks and kills soldiers 🔹 Personification, irony, imagery
- Dulce et Decorum Est ➡️ War is horror, not glory 🔹 Imagery, paradox, enjambment
- Sonnet 18 ➡️ Love is eternal 🔹 Metaphor, sonnet, iambic pentameter
- Sonnet 29 ➡️ Love removes sadness 🔹 Sonnet, imagery, volta
- Holy Sonnet: Death, Be Not Proud ➡️ Death has no power 🔹 Apostrophe, paradox, metaphysical poetry