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NIGHT WIESEL
Vocabulary from NIGHT
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| - a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority - any authoritative proclamation or command | Edict (n.) |
| - to set forth or state in detail - to explain; interpret | Expound (v.) |
| - producing or tending to produce pestilence - pernicious; harmful - annoyingly troublesome | Pestilential (adj.) |
| - to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence | Pillage (v.) |
| - a feeling of anticipation or anxiety over a future event - a forewarning; presentiment | Premonition (n.) |
| - have, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast - without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman - beast-like in gratifying one's sensual desires | Bestial (adj.) |
| - a respite from impending punishment - any respite or temporary relief | Reprieve (n.) |
| - a severe, searching test or trial | Crucible (n.) |
| - abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh | Emaciated (adj.) |
| - to stir, encourage, or urge on - stimulate or prompt to action | Incite (v.) |
| - to board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle, as for a journey - to start an enterprise, business, etc. | Embark (v.) |
| - something that encumbers, burdensome, or useless; hindrance - a dependent person - a burden or claim on property | Encumbrance (n.) |
| - keenly watchful to detect danger; wary - ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful | Vigilant (adj.) |
| - the act of revealing or disclosing; disclosure - something revealed or disclosed | Revelation (n.) |
| - the act of driving out or expelling - the state of being expelled | Expulsion (n.) |
| - having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God - pertaining to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular | Pious (adj.) |
| - having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance - wild; wild-looking | Haggard (adj.) |
| - completely puzzled or confused; perplexed | Bewildered (adj.) |
| - a ruffian or hoodlum | Hooligan (n.) |
| - distrusting or disparaging the motives of others - showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions | Cynical (adj.) |
| - pertaining to the night - occurring, or coming at night - active at night - opening by night and closing by day | Nocturnal (adj.) |
| - extremely angry; furious | Livid (adj.) |
| - outward aspect or appearance; camouflage - a likeness, image, or copy | Semblance (n.) |
| - strong and healthy; hardy; vigorous - strongly or stoutly built - suited to or requiring bodily strength or endurance | Robust (adj.) |
| - absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement - lack of interest in or concern for things that others find exciting | Apathy (n.) |
| - required; mandatory; obligatory - using compulsion; compelling; constraining | Compulsory (adj.) |
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romaniankid11
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