Vocabulary #1

1. Wistful (adjective)

•  "Some carried themselves with a sort of wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff soldierly discipline or good humor or macho zeal." (pg #19)
•  Antonym is Pride, we were able to infer it by the transitioning word "others".
•  The ballerinas were wistful after long hours of practice.

1. Resignation (noun)

• "Some carried themselves with a sort of wistful resignation, others with pride or stiff soldierly discipline or good humor or macho zeal." (pg #19)
•  Logic; the first part of the word is "resign".
• Jessica's resignation from the Army was due to her PTSD. 

1.Encyst (verb)

• "...and because they had their lines mostly memorized, irony mixed with tragedy, and because they called it by other names, as if to encyst and destroy the reality of death itself." (pg #20) 
• Synonym; it is compared to the word destroy".
•  The tumor became encysted on the brain.