A Separate Peace Vocabulary

gloomy; depressing; dreary

• dismal

• enmity

• superficial

• enlist

to sign up, as in the military

• qualify

• enlist

• cruical

• latent

a staff of teachers at a school

• retained

• officially

• faculty

• cordial

the truth or facts of matter and existence; the state of being actual; not fantasy

• vitality

• acoustics

• conventional

• reality

conforming to or in agreement with established standards for or forms of acceptable behavior; standard or traditional; common; ordinary; regular; usual; typical.

• conventional

• cordial

• crucial

• retained

according to set rules; by virtue of the proper authority; in a ceremonious manner; formally or in name

• cordial

• offically

• acoustics

• dismal

to meet set or prescribed requirements; to prove capable or fit; to measure up.

• latent

• superficial

• qualify

• faculty

friendly; sincere; warm; affectionate; sociable; earnest; heartfelt; welcoming

• retained

• latent

• dismal

• cordial

concealed or hidden; buried deep within; dormant; untapped; present but not apparent; not active; not visible; exiting but not evident

• latent

• reality

• offically

• vitality

the state or condition of being at odds or opposed deep hatred; hostility; antagonism or animosity; ill will or bad feelings

• conventional

• enmity

• latent

• cordial