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"Night"
novel "Night" vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| leaving one place to live in another | emigration |
| written discussion | treatise |
| trivial | insignificant |
| short humorous stories | anecdotes |
| hindered; restricted | encumbered |
| people who are expelled from a country | deportees |
| absolutely in an unqualified way | profoundly |
| a family name | surname |
| sadness or depression | melancholy |
| likely to cause an epidemic disease | pestilential |
| completely lacking | devoid |
| an eyeglass for one eye | monocle |
| restrictions | constraints |
| unfavorably known; infamous | notorious |
| coaxing by flattery | blandishments |
| returning to health | convalescent |
| clear understanding | lucidity |
| necessary supplies | provisions |
| sealed against the entry of escape of air | hermetically |
| group traveling together | convoy |
| violent mental agitation | frenzy |
| to cause pain or anguish | torment |
| beat; hit | thrash |
| second of two | latter |
| boisterous; disorderly | raucous |
| treacherous action to defeat a cause | sabotage |
| greif mourning | lamentation |
| emptiness | void |
| made thin due to starvation | emancipated |
| passed | elapsed |
| lacking strength | feeble |
| withdrawl of troops or civilians | evacuation |
| steadily | relentlessly |