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Night Words DS
words from the book Night!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a decree issued by a sovereign or other authority, any authoritative proclamation or command. | 1. Edict (n.) |
| to set forth or state in detail, to explain, interpret. | 2. Expound (v.) |
| Pertaining to or of the nature of pestilence, especially bubonic plague. Pernicious, harmful, annoyingly troublesome. | 3. Pestilential (adj.) |
| to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war. | 4. Pillage (v.) |
| a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event. A forewarning. | 5. Premonition (n.) |
| of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast. Without reason or intelligence, brutal, inhuman. | 6. Bestial (adj.) |
| a respite from impending punishment, as from execution of a sentence of death. A warrant authorizing this. | 7. Reprieve (n.) |
| a severe test, a trial. | 8. Crucible (n.) |
| abnormal thinness caused by lack of nutrition or by disease. | 9. Emaciated (adj.) |
| to stir, encourage, or urge on, stimulate or prompt to action | 10. Incite (v.) |
| to board a ship, aircraft, or vehicle, as for a journey. To start and enterprise or business. To put or receive on board a ship aircraft, or vehicle. | 11. Embark (v.) |
| something burdensome, useless, or superfluous. A load, a headache, a hindrance. | 12. Encumbrance (n.) |