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List 4: Night
Chapters 7-9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Embarkation | The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship |
| Annihilate | Kill in large numbers |
| Atonement | Compensation for a wrong |
| Benediction | Invocation of a blessing |
| Countenance | Calm facial expression; composure |
| Crucible | Severe test |
| Derision | Mockery, ridicule |
| Emaciated | Extremely thin |
| Lamentation | Expressing sorrow |
| Monochrome | In a single color |
| Automatons | People who act in mechanical function |
| Indeterminate | Not clear, vague |
| Petrified | Dried up |
| Beseeching | To beg eagerly |
| Plaintive | Mournful |
| Indifference | Lack of interest or concern |
| Emerge | To come out; to appear |
| Spectators | People who watch an event or performance |
| Seized | Grabbed suddenly |
| Idleness | Not working or active |
| Contagion | Influence and illness |