VOCABULARY: THE THINGS THEY CARRIED

WORD & PART OF SPEECH volition

noun

DEFINITION the act of willing, choosing, or resolving; exercise of willing incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful abounding in vigour and high spirits; full of vitality being in slavery; oppressed.

ILLUSTRATION OR EXAMPLE

futile
adjective

exuberance -noun servile

adjective

reticent
adjective

Someone who is silent, does not speak freely or share feelings; reserved. characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre. having a sense of the beautiful; characterized by a love of beauty. not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable

sardonic
adjective

grotesque
adjective

aesthetic
adjective

implacable
adjective

tacit
adjective

understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval. a natural inclination or tendency

propensity
noun

ardent
adjective

having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent frugal, cheap, or stingy.

parsimonious
-adjective

deference
-noun

respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another. the state or quality of being nonchalant; cool indifference or lack of concern; casualness. ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal; slang.

nonchalance
noun

nonchalant
-adjective

colloquial

adjective