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