reticent habitually silent or uncommunicative.
enervating depriving of strength, force or vigor.
moue (French) "a pouting grimace"; a wry face.
fetid having a bad smell, as of decay; putrid.
Capisci? (Italian) "Do you understand?" (Note: Other Italian phrases in the chapter are translatable by context or through Yossarian's response.)
libidinous full of or characterized by lust.
