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Night Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gestapo | a secret-police organization employing underhanded and terrorist methods against persons suspected of disloyalty |
| Haggard | looking exhausted, especially from fatigue, worry, or suffering. |
| Kapo | a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was assigned by the SS guards to supervise forced labor or carry out administrative tasks. |
| Raucous | making a disturbingly harsh and loud noise. |
| Privations | acts taking away the necessities of life |
| Encumbrance | a burden or impediment |
| Beseeching | asking (someone) urgently and fervently to do something |
| Contagion | the communication of disease from one person to another by close contact. |
| Riveted | fascinated ; transfixed |
| Deportees | a person who has been or is being expelled from a country |
| Edict | an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority |
| Lucidity | clarity of expression; intelligibility |
| Wizened | shriveled or wrinkled with age |
| Meddle | interfere in or busy oneself unduly with something that is not one's concern |
| Apathy | lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern |