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"Night" Vocabulary
Vocabulary for the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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Literature
8th Grade
04/28/2015

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Achtung
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German word meaning "attention"
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annihilate
Definition
destroy utterly; obliterate
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Aryan
Definition
relating to people who speak Indo-European; descendants of ancient Aryan people
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Auschwitz
Definition
largest concentration camp established by Nazi regime
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beadle
Definition
a parish officer with duties such as keeping order during services and waiting on the rector
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benediction
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an utterance of good wishes
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billeted
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to obtain lodging; to stay
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Buchenwald
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a former Nazi concentration camp in central Germany, near Weimar
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Cabbala
Definition
Hebrew for "tradition"
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commandant
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an officer in charge of a place, group, or establishment
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