Unit 2: Novel Study: Night, Chapters 5–9

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  1. agitated
    troubled emotionally and usually deeply
  2. incentive
    a positive motivational influence
  3. categorical
    not modified or restricted by reservations
  4. liberate
    grant freedom to
  5. exodus
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
  6. exceed
    be greater in scope or size than some standard
  7. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  8. melancholy
    characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
  9. poignant
    arousing powerful emotions, especially pity or sadness
  10. accumulate
    collect or gather
  11. emaciated
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  12. grimace
    a contorted facial expression
  13. lament
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  14. contagious
    (of disease) capable of being spread by infection
  15. prostrate
    render helpless or defenseless
  16. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  17. delirious
    experiencing hallucinations
  18. unprecedented
    novel; having no earlier occurrence
  19. provision
    a store or supply of something
Created on Wed Dec 02 15:48:31 EST 2020 (updated Thu Dec 10 08:18:59 EST 2020)

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