Friendly fire

vocabulary revision

WARNING many lists are of dubious usefulness. Vocabulary should be learnt in context. What follows is just a quick revision list and is no substitute for careful dictionary work and your own notetaking.

Match the key words with their definitions:

1. convoy
2. civilians
3. scramble
4. superficial
5. dawned
6. armoured
7. vest
8. shrapnel
9. hairy
10. jam
11. with hindsight
12. unwittingly
13. in vain
14. fluorescent
15. manslaughter

a. people not involved in the fighting
b. on the surface only
c. realised
d. climb over things
e. vehicles travelling together
f. protected against bullets and shells etc
g. metal from an exploded bomb
h. looking back
i. sleevless piece of clothing worn over the shirt
j. to become stuck
k. very bright colour
l. scary
m. murder
n. pointlessly
o. not realising what you are doing



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