Night Vocabulary List #5

Mr. Brown (United States of America)
This is a list of vocabulary words taken from Night by Elie Wiesel for an ESL class.
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  1. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  2. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  3. mock
    treat with contempt
  4. excruciating
    extremely painful
  5. transcend
    go beyond the scope or limits of
  6. feeble
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  7. accumulate
    get or gather together
  8. imitate
    reproduce someone's behavior or looks
  9. amuse
    occupy in an agreeable, entertaining or pleasant fashion
  10. spectacle
    something or someone seen, especially a notable sight
Created on Sun Apr 27 22:12:11 EDT 2014 (updated Wed Apr 30 14:38:44 EDT 2014)

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