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Night P1 vocab
Vocabulary words from the first 3 chapter of Wiesel's NIGHT.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The state of being very poor. (n.) | penury (n.) |
| Appearing as a homeless or abandoned child. (adj.) | waiflike (adj.) |
| To post a soldier to a private residence (past tense verb). | billeted (v. past tense) |
| An enclosure for a minority within a larger city. (n.) | ghetto (n.) |
| Small leather boxes filled with Hebrew scripture worn on the forehead by certain devout Jews (n. pl.) | phylacteries (n. pl.) |
| Done in a sneaky, secret manner (adv.) | surreptitiously (adv.) |
| Beyond real; dreamlike. (adj.) | surreal (adj.) |
| A large fire; the burning of a large area. (n.) | conflagration (n.) |
| Truncheons; clubs; batons to hit with. (n. pl.) | partisans (n. pl.) |
| Self-restraint; filters that stop us from doing certain things in public (n. pl.) | inhibitions (n. pl.) |
| Done in such a way that the action can never be taken back or done again; permanently. (adv.) | irrevocably (adv.) |
| Sealed in an airtight manner; sealed so that there can be no exchange from within and without. (adv.) | hermetically (adv.) |
| A profoundly deep chasm (n.) | abyss (n.) |
| Silent; dumb; unable to speak (adj.) | mute (adj.) |
| Commotion; upheaval (n.) | tumult (n.) |
| By order; absolutely necessary (adj.) | imperative (adj.) |
| Insults; strong negative words aimed at someone(s). (n. pl. ) | invectives (n. pl.) |
| Ovens designed for the burning of human remains (n. pl.) | crematoria (n. pl.) |
| To escape; to flee without being noticed (v.) | elude (v.) |
| Hellish; hot; having to do with Hell (adj.) | infernal (adj.) |
| Entrance rooms; foyers; smaller rooms surrounding a larger main room (n. pl.) | antechambers (n. pl.) |
| Placed in alternating form; placed between other items (v. past tense). | interspersed (v. past tense) |
| non-existence; forgetfulness. (n.) | oblivion (n.) |
| Delivered a long, important speech; yelled at someone(s) for an extended time (v. past tense). | harangued (v. past tense) |
| A person who is recovering from an illness or injury (n.) | convalescent (n.) |
| Something that is intangible, not able to be touched; not concrete; a concept or idea that is hard to describe (n.) | abstraction (n.) |
| Severe stomach ailment; stomach pain. (n.) | colic (n.) |
| To make certain; to find out through research and inquiry (v.) | ascertain (v.) |
| Frightened; scared into not moving. (v. past tense). | petrified (v. past tense) |
| Calmed; put into a dreamlike acceptance (v. past tense). | lulled (v. past tense) |
| Mandatory; not a choice. (adj.) | compulsory (adj.) |
| To form a group; to bring into a group. (v.) | muster (v.) |
| Dominant; most important (adj.) | prevailing (adj.) |
| Eyeglasses (n. pl.) | spectacles (n. pl.) |
| Old; shriveled; wrinkled (as in an elderly person) (adj.) | wizened (adj.) |
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