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Night Vocabulary
Chapter 1 - Night Vocabulary Terms and Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| penury (n) | poverty, destitution |
| waiflike (adj) | resembling a waif (A homeless and helpless person, especially a neglected or abandoned child) |
| beadle (n) | a religious clerk |
| deportee (n) | a person who is expelled from home or country by authority |
| insinuate (v) | to suggest, hint, imply |
| annihilate (v) | to destroy or defeat utterly; exterminate; wipe out. |
| emigrate (v) | to leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in another |
| disquieting (adj) | causing feelings or worry, disturbing, upsetting |
| Gestapo (n) | the German secret police under Nazi rule. |
| anguish (n) | severe mental or physical pain or suffering |
| billeted (v) | lodged (soldiers) in a particular place, usually a civilian's house |
| jubilant (adj) | feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph |
| sublime (adj) | impressive, inspiring awe |
| edict – (n) | an official order or proclamation |
| Talmud (n) | a collection of Jewish law and tradition |
| liquidated (v) | a) to convert assets into cash b)to put an end to, abolish c) to put to death |
| anti-Semitism (n) | prejudice against and dislike for Jewish people. |
| surreptitiously (adv) | secretly, furtively, underhandedly. |
| conflagration (n) | an extensive fire that destroys a great deal or land or property; a blaze |
| partisan (n) | during World War II, civilians who opposed the Nazi German rule in several countries |
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