Vocab for Winners

Irked by the military blunder that was Gallipoli, Winston Churchill was remiss. He joined the frontlines to make amends, though having qualms of his decision. The frontlines was a hostile terrain, given to any man it would shake their courage. Paralyzing and deafening shockwaves from shelling can kill a man 10 meters from the explosion.  Most flotsam in the rivers are bodies of man, torn and unrecognizable, life was as if no value.  Known as the Trench war, men scurry through pits with no herald for advance to the other side. Churchill survived, luckily, and pursued his career in politics. During the dawn of World War 2 Churchill, experienced with war unlike the other members of house, refuse to remain stoic of Hitler’s  provoking acts and demand sanctions to be made against him. British at the time was mollifying their economy that was crippled and became sluggish due to World War 1; The prime minister had no intent to go to war again but little did he saw that war was imminent.

Irk(verb): bother

Remiss(adj): at fault

Amends(noun):compensation for a loss

Qualms(noun): feeling of doubt

Shelling(noun): bombardment of projectiles

Flotsam(noun): debris floating in river or sea

Scurry(verb): run with light feet

Stoic(adj): indifferent by pleasure or pain

Sanction(noun): coercive measure intended to ensure compliance

Coerce(verb): to use force

Mollify(verb):  to ease a burden, to pacify