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Night Vocabulary
Night -Chapter 2 and 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| intolerable (adj) | Unable to be endured; unbearable |
| constraints (n) | limitations or restrictions |
| inhibitions (n) | A feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. |
| irrevocable (adj) | Not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final |
| hermetically (adj) | completely sealed; airtight |
| pious (adj) | devoutly religious |
| indifferent (adj) | Having no particular interest or sympathy; unconcerned; apathetic |
| tumult (n) | Confusion or disorder |
| notorious (adj) | Famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed; infamous |
| self-preservation (n) | rotecting oneself from harm; a natural or instinctive tendency |
| lucidity (n) | clarity; free from obscurity |
| redemption (n) | The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil |
| oblivion (n) | The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening |
| abstraction (n) | The quality of dealing with ideas rather than events. |
| compulsory (adj) | Required by law or a rule; obligatory |
| camaraderie (n) | Mutual trust and friendship among people who spend a lot of time together; fellowship |
| morale (n) | The mental and emotional condition (confidence, enthusiasm, or discipline) of a person or group at a particular time |
| Kapo - (n) | a Nazi concentration camp prisoner who was given privileges in return for supervising prisoner work gangs |