The Things They Carry Vocab Flashcards

vocabulary from the book The Things They Carry

156130603	intangible	not tangible; inacapable of being perceived by the sense of touch, as incorporeal or immaterial things; impallable
156130604	tangible	capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial
156130605	burden	that which is carried; load
156130606	disposable	designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up
156130607	caliber	the diameter of the barrel of a gun taken as a unit of measurement
156130608	abstract	though of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances
156130609	endure	to bear without resistance or with patience; tolerate
156130610	discard	to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of
156130611	survival	the act or fact of surviving, especially under adverse or unusual circumstances
156130612	memory	the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences
156130613	swamp	a tract of wet, spongy land, often having a growth of certain types of trees and other vegetation, but unfit for cultivation
156130614	compass	an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicated magnetic north
156130615	essential	absolutely necessary; indispensable
156130616	terror	intense, sharp, overmastering fear
156130617	passage	the route or course by which a person of thing passes or travels