earth abides section 2 ch 1-2 vocab

fusillade

a general discharge or outpouring of anything

pedant

a person who is excessively concerned with minor details and rules or with displaying academic learning

cynical

bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic

aberrant

departing from the right, normal, or usual course

lethargy

lack of energy

languid

lacking spirit or liveliness

nostalgic

longing for the past

euthanasia

mercy killing

retrograde

moving backward

deference

respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another

forlorn

sad and lonely

constitute

to compose; form

recollect

to remember; to recall