"Things They Carried" vocabulary

VOCABULARY #1

muzzle (n.) - the mouth of the gun; where the bullet is released
-" They imagined the muzzle against flesh."
-The soldier attached a gun silencer to the muzzle of his gun.
-'your logic'; I knew that the mouth or nose of an animal (dog) is a muzzle



VOCABULARY # 2

stashing (v)- to hide away
-"Courage, I see to think, comes to us infinite quantities, like an inheritance, and by being frugal and stashing it away and letting it earn interest..."(pg.40)
-The drug dealer was stashing his contraband when the police barge in to his home.
-'synonym'/'your logic'; I knew that frugal means not spending which is a synonym to stash which means to hide something away.

Summa cum laude (adj)- highest distinction, honor
-" too smart, too compassionate, too everything. It couldnt happen. I was above it. I had the world dicked- Phi Beta Kappa and Summa cum laude and president of the student body and a full ride scholarship for grad studies at Harvard."(pg.41)
-Joe's perseverance paid off as he graduated Summa cum laude in college.
-'your logic & example' in the text he describes how he has a full ride scholarship and I know that fukk ride is usually given to Valedictorians (highschool); and he mentioned Harvard which is a prestigious school; and also my I remeber watching some movie awith my mother and I heard the actors say summa cum laude or it may even be magna cum laude, I asked my mother what those were and she told me theyre honors like valedictorian or salutatorian but its college level.

infantry (n.)- army, soldiers that fight on foot
-"You have to head for the the front and hook up with an infantry unit and help spill the blood."
-When Joe chose to be in an infantry even though he is clean cut boy, he preferred land over water.
-'your logic' I know theyre on land according to the narrator; and its some what personal experience, I was in my highschool's marching band and someone would post our show on youtube so I would go on it and the band's name is Nogales Noble Regiment and so when i type that and the searches comes out there would be this video that says infantry, and I knew that it synonymous with regiment because I know a regiment is somewhat has a relation with military or army.