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FerreroNightVocab
Ferrero Night Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Blandishments | Comments |
| Cabbala | Jewish mystical stories. |
| Epidemic | Disease that affected a lot of people |
| Quarantine | Kept separate from everybody else. |
| Kapos | Prisoner functionary |
| Bespectacled | With glasses |
| Cynical | Sneaky |
| Foreman | Supervisors |
| Numerology | Branch of knowledge that deals with the occult significance of numbers. |
| Clout | a heavy blow with the hand or a hard object. |
| Fatigue | Extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness. |
| Morale | Confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time. |
| Conflagration | Extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property. |
| Distinction | Difference or contrast between similar things or people. |
| Embolism | Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble. Periodic intercalation of days or a month to correct the accumulating discrepancy between the calendar year and the solar year, as in a leap year. |
| Polonopd | Take longer than it should. |
| Inhibitions | Feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. |
| Intolerable | Unable to be endured. |
| Economize | Spend less; reduce one's expenses. |
| Interpreted | Understand (an action, mood, or way of behaving) as having a particular meaning or significance. |
| Conflagration | Extensive fire that a great deal of land or property. |
| Extinct | No longer in existance. |
| Partisans | Fighters in irregular military groups participating in Jewish resistance movement against Nazi Germany and its collaborators |
| Synagogue | Jewish worship circle. |
| Farce | Buffoonery or horse play. |
| Irrevocably | Not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final. |
| Hermetically | Not affected by outward influence or power; isolated. |
| Hysterical | Crazy. |
| Gagged | Covering of mouth. |
| Abruptly | Unexpected. |
| Invective | Really bad language. |
| Laternal | Farther like. |
| Interpreter | Person who interprets, especially one who translates speech orally. |
| Lucidity | Clarity. |
| Astonished | Greatly surprised or impressed; amazed. |
| Adjoining | Building, room, or piece of land next to or joined with. |
| Copulate | Have sexual intercourse. |
| Muster | Collect or assemble |
| Astonished | Greatly surprised or impressed; amazed. |
| Adjoining | Building, room, or piece of land next to or joined with. |
| Copulate | Have sexual intercourse. |
| Muster | Collect or assemble |
| Writhed | Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body. |
| Gallows | Structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals. |
| Solemn | Not cheerful or smiling. |
| Manacled | Metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles. |
| Verdict | Decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. |
| Air Raid | Attack in which bombs are dropped from aircraft onto a ground target. |
| Latter | Situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning. |
| Pipel | Young Boy. |
| Erected | Construct (a building, wall, or other upright structure). |
| Agitated | Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous |
| Anguished | Extremely distressed about something. |
| Defiance | Open resistance; bold disobedience. |
| Ailing | In poor health. |
| Bureaucrats | Official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs. |
| Officiating | Charge of something, as a sporting event or perform a religious service or ceremony. |
| Audible | Able to be heard. |
| Benediction | Devout or formal invocation of blessedness. |
| Amid | Surrounded by; in the middle of. |
| Bartered | Damaged by age and repeated use; shabby. |
| Regulated | Control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly. |
| Flimsy | Comparatively light and insubstantial; easily damaged. |
| Congregation | Group of people assembled for religious worship. |
| Damnation | Expressing anger or frustration. |
| Lament | Passionate expression of grief or sorrow. |
| Surreal | Bizarre. |
| Emaciated | Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. |
| Veiled | Partially conceal, disguise, or obscure. |
| Sniggering | Smothered or half-suppressed laugh. |
| Spunk | Courage and determination. |
| Morphine | Analgesic and narcotic drug obtained from opium and used medicinally to relieve pain. |
| Annihilate | Destroy utterly; obliterate. |
| Pending | Awaiting decision or settlement. |
| Liberators | Person or place from imprisonment or oppression. |
| Endured | Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently. |
| Margarine | Butter substitute made from vegetable oils or animal fats. |
| Garb | Clothing or dress, especially of a distinctive or special kind. |
| Exodus | Mass departure of people, especially emigrants. |