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night vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atrocity | an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically involving physical violence |
| Emaciated | abnormally thin or weak, especially due to starvation |
| Desolate | deserted; empty and lonely; devastated |
| Bewildered | confused and uncertain |
| Anguish | severe mental or physical pain or suffering |
| Degradation | the condition of being reduced to a lower state; humiliation |
| Indifferent | having no particular interest or concern; apathetic |
| Bereft | deprived of or lacking something; lonely and abandoned |
| Inexorably | in a way that is impossible to stop or prevent |
| Lamentation | the passionate expression of grief or sorrow |
| Reprieve | a temporary relief from harm or unpleasant experience |
| Compelled | forced or obliged to do something |
| Gaunt | lean and haggard, especially from hunger or suffering |
| Solemn | formal and dignified; serious |
| Fathom | to understand after much thought |