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Van Leer-NIght Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Edict | Any authoritative proclamation or command/ A rule or order or law given by an authority. |
Expound | To set forth or state in detail; to explain; interpret |
Pestilential | Dangerous, troublesome, destructive/ Plagued likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease. |
Pillage | To strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war |
Premonition | A forewarning; a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event |
Bestial | Without reason or intelligence, brutal; inhuman/ lacking in intelligence or reason; subhuman |
Reprieve | To delay the impending punishment or sentence |
Crucible | A severe test or trial. Ex. Exam, trial with jury or judge, difficult week of work. |
Emaciated | Abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease |
Incite | To stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action |
Embark | To board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey |
Encumbrance | a dependent person, burdensome, useless, hindrance, a difficult concern |
Vigilant | Keenly watchful to detect danger; wary |
Revelation | The act of revealing or disclosing |
Expulsion | The act of driving out or expelling |
Pious | Having a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations/Professing or exhibiting a strict, traditional sense of virtue and morality; high-minded |
Haggard | Having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion |
Bewildered | Completely puzzled or confused; perplexed |
Hooligan | A ruffian or hoodlum |
Cynical | A distrusting or disparaging the motives of others |
Nocturnal | Of or relating to the night |
Livid | Having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation/ extremely angry or furious |
Semblance | An assumed or unreal appearance/representation, a copy, a resemblance, camouflage |
Robust | Strong and healthy; hardy, vigorous |
Apathy | Lack of interest in or concern for things that others find moving or exciting |
Compulsory | Constraining |