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Night Vocab
Vocabulary for the book Night
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English
10th Grade
03/26/2006

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Pious
Definition
Having strong religious beliefs
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Sanctity
Definition
when something is very important and deserves respect
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timid
Definition
shy and easily frightened
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indiscriminately
Definition
done randomly and haphazardly
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dregs
Definition
sediment that settles at bottom of a liquid; evil humans
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lorries
Definition
a large road vehicle used for transporting goods
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phylacteries
Definition
two small leather boxes worn during morning prayer by orthodox jews
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perilous
Definition
very dangerous
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Gestapo
Definition
the secret police of the Nazi regime
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Cabbala
Definition
Jewish book of Mysticism
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Reverie
Definition
a pleasant state in which you are thinking of something else, and not what is happening to you
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edict
Definition
an official order from someone in authority
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Dishearten
Definition
to discourage
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premonition
Definition
a feeling that something, usually unpleasant, is going to happen
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Fascism
Definition
a dictatorship which rules through terror and censorship
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Bade
Definition
to tell
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Firmament
Definition
the sky
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Aryan
Definition
relating to non-Jewish Europeans, especially those the Nazis believed to be superior race
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Hermetically
Definition
so tightly sealed that no air can leave or enter
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Pestilential
Definition
unhealthy or toxic
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Anti-Semitic
Definition
hate or strong dislike of jews
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Divinity
Definition
the state of being god-like or a god
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Surname
Definition
a person's last name
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Indulgent
Definition
in a mild or favorable manner
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Incite
Definition
to do or say something that encourages people to behave violently or illegally
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Pillage
Definition
to steal something, especially by using violence
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Zionism
Definition
A political movement whose aim was to create a homeland for the jews
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Blandishments
Definition
words of kindness and flattery
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Avid
Definition
interested and enthusiastic
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Encumber
Definition
to feel weighed down
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Harangue
Definition
to speak to someone in a forceful way, especially to persuade them
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unremettingly
Definition
persistently and continuously
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Truncheons
Definition
a short stick that police carry; billy club
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Billeted
Definition
to be housed or given lodging
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