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WorksheetsWWI Poetry Vocabulary
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
the action of continuously firing large guns to protect soldiers advancing on an enemy
barrage
jostle
dole
kindling
to knock or push roughly against someone in order to move past them or get more space when you are in a crowd of people
barrage
jostle
quail
dole
the moment when soldiers emerged from trenches and charged out over open land to attack the enemy....more info on how it got to be an idiom we use today
barrage
esprit de corps
over the top
trudge
done quickly and secretly to avoid being noticed
furtive
smug-faced
droll
sardonic
showing of extreme satisfaction with oneself; self-approving...so that it is evident in one's face
kindling
droll
sardonic
smug-faced
animated, like a fire burning
droll
gallant
whim
kindling
to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear.
pine
ardent
quail
haughty
to have gushed suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid; spout.
rendezvous
spurted
pine
jostle
This is a kilt
this is a...
pestilence
weapon of mass destruction
kilt
hilt
French for “spirit of the body”;
Dulce et Decorum Est
Pro Patria Mori
Esprit de Corps
Rendezvous
a sense of unity and of common interests and responsibilities, as developed among a group of persons closely associated in a task, cause, enterprise, etc.
rendezvous
esprit de corps
whims
barrage
serious and quiet in mood or tone
solemn
dole
droll
sardonic
crazy; insane; mad
droll
sardonic
vile
demented
a rural county, usually in England with small villages and farms
pall
pallor
shire
barrage
unusual or extreme paleness, as from fear, ill health, or death
pall
pallor
vile
pestilence
This is a
pallor
pall
rendezvous
shire
shell fragments; a hollow projectile containing bullets or the like and a bursting charge, designed to explode before reaching the target, and to set free a shower of missiles.
pestilence
shrapnel
shire
vile
this is an example of a ...
vile
pestilence
kilt
hag
to walk, especially laboriously or wearily
barrage
droll
jostle
trudge
weariness from bodily or mental exertion
rendezvous
esprit de corps
fatique
zest
twisting the body about, or squirming, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
writhing
rendezvous
esprit de corps
jostling
abominable; disgusting; repulsive.
obscene
haughty
droll
sardonic
repulsive or disgusting, as to the senses or feelings:
zest
vile
writhing
haughty
hearty enjoyment; gusto
esprit de corps
rendezvous
zest
smug-faced
intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous:
haughty
ardent
whim
gallant
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
sardonic
haughty
droll
ardent
This is a ....
kilt
hilt
parapet
barrage
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous;
droll
whim
smug-faced
sardonic
disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant
droll
sardonic
haughty
ardent
an odd or capricious notion or desire; a sudden or freakish fancy
rendezvous
esprit de corps
zest
whim
struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror
zest
aghast
pine
whim
a set meeting...often romantic in nature
esprit de corps
rendezvous
barrage
pall
full of supreme happiness; utter joy or contentment
haughty
smug-faced
sardonic
blissful
to plunge or fall forward or headlong
zest
pitch
twitch
droll
one who grabs or searches blindly with hands
haughty
zest
groper
pestilence
to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
taper
groper
barrage
ardent
brave, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous
zest
esprit de corps
haughty
gallant
a deadly or virulent epidemic disease
pestilence
zest
rendezvous
vile
British slang for boys/men/gentlemen/guys
kilts
hilts
chaps
gropers
to yearn deeply; suffer with longing; long painfully
zest
ardent
pine
jostle
