Can you pass this vocabulary quiz about military meanings?

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• What word, derived from an old French dialect, is used to describe a person who has just joined the military or has been drafted?

  • Yardbird

  • Recruit

  • Plebian

  • Conscript

• Which word, with roots in both French and Italian, refers to "soldiers trained, armed, and equipped to fight on foot"?

  • Infantry

  • Armada

  • Flotilla

  • Cavalry

• What is "a leave of absence granted to a government or institutional employee (such as a soldier or civil servant)" derived from a Dutch word that means "permission"?

  • Leave

  • Discharge

  • Furlough

  • Pension

• What phrase, which dates back to the 15th century, describes "military operations between enemies"?

  • Struggle

  • Warfare

  • Discord

  • Strife

• Which architectural design was used to shield soldiers from their attackers while they fired arrows and other weapons?

  • Tower

  • Fort

  • Battlement

  • Barricade

• Which term is translated as "one of a class of armed services personnel serving on shipboard or in close association with a naval force" and is derived from Middle English?

  • Marine

  • Jack

  • Sailor

  • Beret

• Which of the following means “a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter”?

  • Hut

  • Bivouac

  • Fort

  • Barracks

• What do you call someone who serves in the military?

  • Trouper

  • Comrade in arms

  • Sailor

  • Soldier

• What phrase literally means "a unit of persons or vehicles employed for reconnaissance, security, or combat" and has its origins in German?

  • Convolution

  • Patrol

  • Consul

  • Battery

• Which is a group of soldiers led by a colonel and divided into companies, battalions, or squadrons for tactical command?

  • Cadre

  • Platoon

  • Regiment

  • Army

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