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Vocabulary Found in Night
CHAPTER ONE
• lorries-motor trucks• liquidate- to pay off or settle; to put an end to• ghetto- a section of the city to which an ethnic
or economically depressed minority group is restricted, as by poverty or social pressure
• premonition- an advance warning; forewarning
• deport(ation)- to expel from an area or country
• minutely- exceptionally small or tiny; insignificant
• truncheon- a short stick carried by policemen• compatriots- fellow countrymen• farce- a play marked by slapstick humor or
wild improbabilities; a mockery
CHAPTER TWO
• unbearable- intolerable• provision- a stock of food or other necessary supplies• hermetically- completely sealed; no entry of air• abyss- bottomless pit; hell; immeasurable depth or
void• monotonous- repetitious in tone or pitch; dull• pestilential- tending to cause death; likely to cause an
epidemic disease• dumb- mute; speechless
CHAPTER THREE
• illusions- a false idea or belief; deceptive appearance or impression
• notorious- famous or well-known for some bad quality or deed
• barracks- a building or group of buildings used to house large numbers of people
• convalescent- recovering from an illness or operation
CHAPTER FOUR
• queue- a line of people or vehicles waiting their turn to proceed (British term)
• reprieve- to cancel or postpone the punishment of; to abandon or postpone plans
• latter- occurring nearer to the end rather than to the beginning; denoting the second mentioned of two things
CHAPTER FIVE
• elapsed- to slip by; pass• feeble- weak; infirm; without force• crucible- heat-resistant container for melting
metals• derision- laugh at in scorn; ridicule• fortnight- 2 weeks• summarily- brief report covering the main
points
• masquerade- a ball/party at which masks and fancy costumes are worn; a disguise; acting under false pretenses
• mountebanks- a person on a bench selling silly medicines; a fraud, imposter, or someone who pretends to have a skill they don’t have
• relentlessly- harsh; persistent; not letting up
CHAPTER SIX
• indeterminate- vague; indefinite; unsettled• bereaved- to deprive; to leave forlorn as by
death• privations- a lack of the ordinary necessities
or comforts• semblance- outward appearance; a likeness or
copy
CHAPTER EIGHT
• hillock- small hill or mound• riveted- to join or fasten; to hold as to make
them incapable of moving; attract and completely engross
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