Elie Wiesel's Night Vocabulary

Mrs. Wortman (United States of America)
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  1. lucid
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  2. oblivion
    the state of being disregarded or forgotten
  3. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  4. remorse
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  5. annihilate
    kill in large numbers
  6. wizened
    lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
  7. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  8. camaraderie
    the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability
  9. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  10. compulsory
    required by rule
  11. liberation
    the act of freeing someone or something
  12. synagogue
    the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
  13. expound
    add details to clarify an idea
  14. edict
    a formal or authoritative proclamation
  15. expulsion
    the act of forcing out someone or something
  16. pillage
    steal goods; take as spoils
  17. incite
    provoke or stir up
  18. unremitting
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  19. bestial
    resembling an animal, especially by being vicious or cruel
  20. sanctity
    the quality of being holy
  21. reprieve
    postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal
  22. raucous
    unpleasantly loud and harsh
  23. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  24. lamentation
    the passionate activity of expressing grief
  25. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  26. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  27. sage
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics
  28. derision
    the act of treating with contempt
  29. summarily
    quickly and without following customary procedures
  30. indeterminate
    not fixed or known in advance
  31. encumber
    hold back, impede, or weigh down
  32. apathy
    an absence of emotion or enthusiasm
  33. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  34. abase
    cause to feel shame
  35. aberration
    a state or condition markedly different from the norm
  36. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  37. abject
    showing utter resignation or hopelessness
  38. abrasive
    sharply disagreeable, unpleasant, or harsh
  39. acclimate
    get used to a certain environment
  40. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  41. colossus
    someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
  42. conflagration
    a very intense and uncontrolled fire
  43. convalescent
    returning to health after illness or debility
  44. convoy
    escort in transit
  45. disquietude
    feelings of anxiety that make you tense and irritable
  46. insinuate
    introduce or insert in a subtle manner
  47. jubilant
    full of high-spirited delight
  48. meek
    evidencing little spirit or courage
  49. penury
    a state of extreme poverty or destitution
  50. peril
    a state of danger involving risk
  51. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  52. rescind
    cancel officially
  53. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  54. fraught
    filled with or attended with
Created on Tue Dec 11 08:31:29 EST 2012 (updated Sun Nov 17 20:54:03 EST 2013)

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