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Night vocabulary - pp3-115

TermDefinition
Lucidity Clearness of thought; to have clarity
Conflagration A large disastrous fire
Pious Devoutly religious
Hermetically So as to be sealed airtight
Premonition A warning in advance; a forewarning
Camaraderie A spirit of friendly good-fellowship
Abyss Huge emptiness; fathomless hole
Surreptitiously Done, made, or acquired in a sneaky secretive way
Irrevocably Not possible to get past or change
Penury Oppressive lack of resources; severe poverty
Quarantine a place of forced isolation
Epidemic An outbreak of contagious disease
Altruistic Unselfish regard for the welfare of others
Benediction An expression of blessing or good wishes within public worship
Deluded Believing things that are not real/true
Knell A signal of disaster or destruction
Cynical Believing that human behavior is motivated by selfishness
Pittance A small amount or a portion
Atonement Amends or reparation made for an injury or wrong
Surreal The intense irrational reality of a dream
Curtly Rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner
Apathy Absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement
Automaton A person or animal that acts in a monotonous, routine manner, without active intelligence; robot
Inert Having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance
Plaintive Expressing sorrow; mournful
Illusion Something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality
Poignant Affecting or moving your emotions; strong in mental appeal or distressing to the feelings
Grimace A facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc.
Liquidation The act of doing away with
Riveted To attract, fix, or hold your attention to something completely
Created by: jessupd
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