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"Night" Vocab
English2-PreAP 'C' Layer
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| encumbered | - to make (someone/something) hold or carry something heavy - to cause problems or difficulties for (someone/something) |
| waiflike | - piece of property found but unclaimed - something found w/o owner - stray person/animal (usually stray child) |
| perilous | - full of danger |
| Talmud | - authoritative body of Jewish tradition comprising the Mishnah & Germara |
| cabalist | - student, interpreter, devotee of Jewish cabala - one skilled or mysterious art |
| indulgently | - willing to allow someone to have/enjoy something though may not be proper, healthy, appropriate…. - done/enjoyed as a special pleasure |
| lorries | - large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods/troops; a truck |
| deportees | - one who has been deported/under sentence of |
| Zionism | - international movement orig. for est. of Jewish national/religious community in Palestine & later for support of modern Israel |
| billeted | - brief letter/note - official order directing that member of military force be provided w/ board and lodging (private home) - quarters assigned by or as if a billet - position, job |
| farce | - to improve as if by stuffing |
| grim | - unpleasant/shocking to see/think about - causing feeling of sadness/worry - gloomy/depressing - having very serious appearance/manner |
| anecdotes | - short story about interesting/funny event or occurrence |
| firmament | - the vault/arch of sky - field/sphere of an interest/activity |
| expound | - to explain or state (something) - to give details about (something) - to set forth - to defend w/argument |
| premonition | - a feeling/belief that something is going to happen when there is no definite reason to believe it will - previous notice/warning |
| treatise | - a book, article, etc that discusses a subject carefully & thoroughly |
| haggard | - not tamed - wild in appearance |
| dregs | - most undesirable part (plural) - last remaining part |
| knapsacks | - bag made of sturdy material and furnished with shoulder straps, designed for carrying articles such as camping supplies on the back |
| truncheons | -shattered spear/lance |
| abominable | - very bad/unpleasant |
| hermetically | - closed tightly so no air can go in/out |
| abyss | - hole so deep/space so great that cannot be measured |
| monotonous | - used to describe something that is boring because it is always the same |
| bewildered | - to confuse (someone) very much |
| pestilence/pestilential | - disease that causes people to die - harmful |
| stench | - very bad smell |
| unremittingly | - not stopping/growing weaker |
| bestial | - resembling/suggesting animal/beast - cruel, violent, etc.. |
| crematory | - place where bodies of dead people are cremated |
| barracks | - fabric bag for carrying personal equipment |
| lucidity | -clearness of thought/style |
| tunic | - loose piece of clothing usually w/o sleeves that reaches to the knee |
| leprous | - relating to |
| reverie | - the condition of being lost in thought |
| wizened | - to become dry, shrunken & wrinkled often as result of aging |
| congealing | - change from fluid to solid |
| blandishments | - something that trends to coax/cajole |
| hooligan | - usually young man who does noisy & violent things as part as group/gang |
| bespectacled | - wearing glasses |
| emigrate | - to leave a country/region to live elsewhere |
| sanctity | - the quality/state of being holy, very important, or valuable |
| innumerable | - too many to be counted |
| queue | - a line of people who are waiting for something |
| indifferently | - not interested in/concerned about something |
| reprieve | - to delay the punishment of - prevent from being closed, destroyed, etc.. for a period of time |
| reminisce | - to talk, think/write about things that happened in past |
| clout | - the power to influence/control situations - hit especially with hand |
| Imperceptibly | - impossible to see/notice |
| interlude | - period of time between events/activities - brief romantic/sexual meeting/relationship |
| manacle | - either one of a set of two metal rings designed to lock around a person’s wrists/ankles |
| Livid | - very angry - having a dark purplish color |
| raucous | - loud & unpleasant to listen - behaving in very rough noisy way |
| afflicted | - to cause pain/suffering to (someone/something) |
| Kaddish | - Jewish prayer recited in daily ritual of synagogue & by mourners @ public services after death of a close relative |
| atonement | - reputation for offense/injury |
| avidly | - very eager |
| emaciated | - to waste physically - cause to lose flesh so as to become very thin |
| interminable | - having/seemed to have no end - continuing for very long time |
| crucible | - pot in which metals/other substances are heated to a very high temp./melted - difficult test/challenge |
| din | - loud, confusing mixture of noises that lasts for a long time |
| balm | - oily substance that has a pleasant smell & that is used for healing, smoothing, protecting the skin - something gives comfort/support |
| fortnight | - period of 14 days, two weeks |
| summarily | - using few words to give most important information about something - done quickly in a way that does not follow normal process |
| emaciated | - waste away physically |
| automatons | - machine that can move by itself |
| entities | - something exists by itself |
| stifled | - joint next above the hock in hind leg of a quadruped corresponding to human knee |
| famished | - very hungry |
| indeterminate | - occurring in the middle of a process or series |
| encumbrance | - claim against property |
| semblance | - state of being somewhat like something but not truly same thing |
| vigilance | - quality/state of being wakeful/alert |
| embarkation | - to go on board a vehicle/transportation - to make a start |
| indifference | - lack of interest in/concern about something |
| grimace | - facial expression in which your mouth & face are twisted in a way that shows disgust, disapproval/pain |
| tether | - rope/chain that is used to tie animal to post, wall |
| contagion | - process by which a disease is passed from one person/animal to another by touching |
| hillock | - small hill |
| plaintive | - expressing suffering/sadness |
| beseeching | - to bed (someone) for something |
| rivet | - special kind of metal bolt/pin that is used to hold pieces of metal together |
| spasmodically | - resembling a spasm especially in sudden violence |
| liquidated | - to pay all the money owed for - destroy (something) or kill (someone) |
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