Night Vocab
Terms
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- muster
- gather or bring together
- benediction
- a blessing
- lethal
- causing or capable of causing, death
- mystic
- strange
- graven
- engraved; carved; sculptured; firmly fixed
- convalescent
- a person who is recovering from illness
- ascertain
- be careful or certain to do something
- Kaddish
- A prayer in Aramaic praising God. The mourner's Kaddish is said for the dead
- withered
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness
- morale
- the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
- founded
- having a basis
- economize
- spend sparingly, avoid the waste of
- concurred
- to be of the same opinion
- morale
- the spirit of a group that makes the members want the group to succeed
- horrendous
- causing fear or dread or terror
- swine
- pigs or a disgusting person
- Sodom
- (Old Testament) an ancient city near the Dead Sea that (along with Gomorrah) was destroyed by God for the wickedness of its inhabitants
- civilian
- a nonmilitary citizen
- untenable
- not capable o being held and defended, impossible to maintain
- eluded
- to escape
- exodus
- a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
- deluded
- to mislead the mind or judgement of; deceive
- hermetically
- Completely sealed
- communal
- for or by a group rather than individuals
- dissipated
- unrestrained by convention or morality
- oblivion
- the state of being disregarded or forgotten
- invectives
- words of strong emotions
- illusions
- a deceptive appearance
- hysteria
- excessive or uncontrollable fear
- masquerade
- making a false outward show
- veritable
- not counterfeit or copied
- Kapos
- Nazi concentration camp prisoners who were given special privileges in return for supervising other prisoners on work crews. They were often common criminals and were notorious for their brutality toward fellow inmates
- eluded
- to escape
- hellish
- extremely evil or cruel
- writhed
- twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)
- harangued
- threatened
- foreman
- a person who exercises control over workers
- convoy
- a procession of land vehicles traveling together
- haste
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- veritable
- actual, being truly so, not false or imaginary
- Atonement
- compensation for a wrong
- expulsion
- the act of forcing out someone or something
- pittance
- Any small portion or meager allowance.
- leprous
- Having a disease that causes skin cells to be destroyed
- farce
- broad comedy, mockery
- compensation
- repayment for losses
- comrades
- friends; companions who share one's activities
- comrades
- friends; companions who share one's activities
- sanctity
- the quality of being holy
- prevailing
- most frequent or common, widespreed
- manacled
- A device for confining the hands, usually consisting of a set of two metal rings that are fastened about the wrists and joined by a metal chain
- veiled
- muted or unclear
- anguish
- extreme mental distress
- throng
- a large gathering of people
- familial
- relating to or having the characteristics of a family
- oppressive
- weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
- compulsory
- required by rule
- irrevocably
- not to be revoked/recalled
- veritable
- not counterfeit or copied
- emaciated
- very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
- inmate
- A resident in a building or institution, especially a prison
- altruistic
- showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
- bureaucrats
- people who operate the government from day to day
- pious
- Religious.
- infernal
- extremely evil or cruel
- elude
- escape, either physically or mentally
- hotly
- in a heated manner
- aides
- (Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology
- pipel
- purple
- abyss
- enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit
- partisans
- vote how their political party wants them to
- indifferently
- without concern
- condemned
- officially and strongly disapproved
- wizened
- lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness