Province (noun): Territory; region.
Source Sentence: "Stupidly, with a kind of sug removal that I can't begin to fathom, I assumed that the problems of killing and dying did not fall within my special province" (39).
Context Clue: This word is a noun, so I looked at the text around it where it was described as 'special' and where people are killed and dying within. These words supporting the word makes it easier to grab the meaning of it.
Sentence: The province of the land was destroyed due to the Vietnam War.
Jingo (noun): A person that professes his patriotism loudly and excessively.
Source Sentence: "Ifthey needed fresh bodies, hy not draft some back-to-the-stone-age hawk? Or some dumb jingo in his hard hat and Bomb Hanoi button, or one of LBJ's prettydaughters, or Westmoreland's whole handsome family..." (40).
Context Clue: I had no idea what this word meant, but in the passage, jingo is supported as being 'dumb' and hard-headed, therefore, gives off a meaning of obnoxious and not so mature.
Sentence: Because of his constant jingo attitude, it gave an encouraging and uplifting vibe to the soldiers.
Smoldering (adjective): Angry, displaying repressed feelings.
Source Sentence: "I remember the rage in my stomach. Later it burned down to a smoldering self-pity, then to numbness" (40).
Context Clue: Observing the sentences around the word, it gives off a very angry sense. Terms such as 'rage' and 'burned down' ad 'self-pity' determined the meaning of this vocabulary.
Sentence: The band's smoldering energy gave out an intense vibe as the crowd became aggressive.
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