Night by Elie Wiesel vocab: Part 2: Sec 3, pg.29-46 – Flashcards
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Hermetically
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Completely sealed; airtight
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Pious
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devout or virtuous; holy
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Hysterical
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Emotionally out of control
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Indifferent
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Having no preference
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illusions
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Errors of perception, memory, or judgement in which subjective experience differs from objective reality.
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Interrogation
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an instance of questioning
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Invectives
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abusive, insulting language
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Sages
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(n.) plural. Wise people who are respected for their wisdom, experience, and judgment
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Monocle
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An eyeglass for one eye
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Crematoria
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furnaces used to cremate bodies. During the Holocaust, crematoria were installed in several camps, among them the extermination camps.
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Crematorium
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a furnace where a corpse can be burned and reduced to ashes
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Infernal
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Hellish, fiendish
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Interspersed
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placed at intervals
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Lucidity
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Clear understanding
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Oblivion
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State of being forgotten
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Oppressive
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Burdensome; very uncomfortable
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Harangued
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Scolded violently; attacked verbally
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Concentration Camp
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prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.
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Graven
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cut into a desired shape
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Colic
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A broad term that means digestive disturbance.
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Irony
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A contrast between expectation and reality
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Compulsory
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Required
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Liberation
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A state of freedom reached after a struggle
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Camaraderie
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Friendship
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Wizened
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shriveled; withered; wrinkled
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Veritable
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(adj.) actual, true, real
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Concurred
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Agreed
