Night: Chapter Nine

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  1. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
    Such lateness was unprecedented in the history of Buchenwald.
  2. postpone
    hold back to a later time
    The evacuation was postponed to the next day.
  3. torment
    intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
    Hunger was tormenting us; we had not eaten for nearly six days except for a few stalks of grass and some potato peels found on the grounds of the kitchens.
  4. burst
    come open suddenly and violently
    Bursts of gunshots.
  5. corpse
    the dead body of a human being
    From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me.
  6. contemplate
    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
    From the depths of the mirror, a corpse was contemplating me.
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