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Vocabulary words from Night
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dangerous, troublesome, destructive | Pestilential (adj.) |
| a burdensome or difficult concern | Encumbrance (n.) |
| Having or exhibiting religious respect and awe | Pious (adj.) |
| beastlike in gratifying one’s sensual desires; carnal; debased | Bestial (adj.) |
| a hollow area at the bottom of a furnace in which the metal collects | Crucible (n.) |
| Marked by emaciation; to stir, encourage, or urge on | Emaciated (adj.) |
| a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority | Edict |
| to set forth or state in detail | Expound |
| producing or tending to produce pestilence | Pestilential |
| to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence | Pillage |
| a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event | Premonition |
| without reason or intelligence | Bestial |
| to relieve temporarily from any evil | Reprieve |
| a container of metal or refractory material employed forheating substances to high temperatures | Crucible |
| thin, wasted, puny, gaunt, haggard, scrawny | Emaciated |
| to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action | Incite |
| to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey | Embark |
| something burdensome, useless,or superfluous; burden; hindrance | Encumbrance |
| keenly watchful to detect danger; wary | Vigilant |
| something revealed or disclosed | Revelation |
| the act of driving out or expelling | Expulsion |
| having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or anearnest wish to fulfill religious obligations | Pious |
| having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance | Haggard |
| completely puzzled or confused; perplexed | Bewildered |
| a ruffian or hoodlum | Hooligan |
| distrusting or disparaging the motives of others | Cynical |
| of or pertaining to the night | Nocturnal |
| having a discolored, bluish appearance caused by a bruise, congestion of blood vessels, strangulation | Livid |
| outward aspect or appearance | Semblance |
| strong and healthy | Robust |
| absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement | Apathy |
| required; mandatory; obligatory | Compulsory |