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Night Vocabulary1
Night 1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bestial | like a beast or animal |
| blandishments | something used to coax |
| compatriots | fellow countrymen |
| crucible | container for cooking at high heat |
| edict | official statement; law |
| emaciated | marked by abnormal thinness caused by starvation or disease |
| expound | to set forth in detail |
| firmament | the sky, or heavens |
| hermetically | completely sealed; airtight |
| leprous | showing signs of leprosy, which is an infectious disease that affects body tissue |
| manacle | to handcuff |
| pestilential | filled with disease; contagious |
| phylacteries | small boxes containing scripture; worn by some Jewish men for daily prayer |
| pillage | to rob with open violence |
| premonition | anticipation of an event, usually negative, even without actual warning |
| truncheon | a police officer’s stick |
| queue | waiting line |
| wizened | dry, shrunken, wrinkled |