1.
Slam home :N noisy or violent noise
2. Sense :N feeling
3. Front lines :N position of someone in front of the war
4. Rubble :N ruin
5. Remain :N something that is left
6. Detonations :N a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
7. Crack :V to break without separation
8. Unmask :V to open up the true character
9. Fuel :V to supply with fuel
10. Existential : Adj relating to human existence
11. Morph :V transform or change
12. Outpouring :N an outpour of feeling
13. Unravel :V disentangle
14. Profusion :N the property of being extremely abundant
15. Memoirs :N autobiography
16. Depiction :N representation by picture or portrait
Sense, Outpouring , Front lines, Remain, Crack, Existential, Fuel, Morph , Unmask, Unravel,
Rubble, Profusion, Memoirs, Detonations
In books by soldiers and reporters about Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s the details that slam home a
1__________of what the wars were like on the 2__________: a suicide bomber’s head pulled from the
3__________of the mosque he had bombed; the sonogram of an unborn child found among a soldier’s
4__________; a bomb technician writing NKA (No Known Allergies) and his blood type on his boots in permanent
marker “because feet survive 5__________.”
War 6__________people’s lives apart, 7__________the most extreme emotions, fuels the deepest
8__________questions. Even as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 9__________ into shapeless struggles with no
clear ends in sight, they have given birth to an extraordinary 10__________of writing that tries to make sense of it
all: journalism that has 11__________the back story of how and why America went to war, and also a
12__________of stories, novels, 13__________and poems that testify to the day-to-day realities and to the wars’
ever-unspooling human costs.
Sense, Outpouring , Front lines, Remain, Crack, Existential, Fuel, Morph , Unmask, Unravel,
Rubble, Profusion, Memoirs, Detonations
In books by soldiers and reporters about Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s the details that slam home a
1__________of what the wars were like on the 2__________: a suicide bomber’s head pulled from the
3__________of the mosque he had bombed; the sonogram of an unborn child found among a soldier’s
4__________; a bomb technician writing NKA (No Known Allergies) and his blood type on his boots in permanent
marker “because feet survive 5__________.”
War 6__________people’s lives apart, 7__________the most extreme emotions, fuels the deepest
8__________questions. Even as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan 9__________ into shapeless struggles with no
clear ends in sight, they have given birth to an extraordinary 10__________of writing that tries to make sense of it
all: journalism that has 11__________the back story of how and why America went to war, and also a
12__________of stories, novels, 13__________and poems that testify to the day-to-day realities and to the wars’
ever-unspooling human costs.
1. Midsize : Adj average size
2. Suite :N a set of rooms designed for one person’s or family’s use
3. Room :N space that can be occupied
4. Occupancy : N the action of occupying a place
5. Commute : V travel some distance between one’s home and place of work regularly
6. Commotion : N a state of confused and noisy disturbance
7. Lease :N a contract with the property’s owner to rent a house
8. Amenity :N any facilities that provide comforts, convenience and pleasure
9. Inspection : N formal inspection
10. Admeasuring: V to divide and distribute proportionally
11. Storefront : N front side of a store facing the streets to show the displayed goods.
12. Carport :N roofed, wall-less shelter for cars
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14. Adjacent to: Adj lying near, close, neighbouring
15. Installment: N the act of installing something
