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Night by Elie Wiesel Vocabulary List
You are responsible for knowing all the vocabulary words in the list. Some words are
left for you to determine their meanings.
Section 1 – Pages 1-20
Surname – a family name
Encumbered – hindered; restricted
Insignificant – trivial; not important
Profoundly – absolutely; in an unqualified way
Deportees – people who are expelled from a country
Emigration – leaving one area to settle in another
Treatise – written discussion of a topic
Anecdotes – short, humorous stories
Melancholy – sadness; depression
Liquidate –
Billeted –
Ghetto –
Premonition –
Truncheons –
Compatriots –
Section 2 – Pages 21-43
Constraint – restrictions
Provisions – necessary supplies, such as food
Hermetically – sealed against the entry or the escape of air
Pestilential – likely to cause an epidemic disease
Notorious – known widely and unfavorably; infamous
Devoid – completely lacking or empty
Monocle – an eyeglass for one eye
Lucidity – clear understanding
Convalescent – returning to health after an illness
Blandishments – coaxing by flattery
Abyss –
Pious –
Stench –
Bestial –
Incite –
Unremittingly –
Wizened –
Section 3 – Pages 45-62
Convoy – a group of vehicles traveling together
Frenzy – violent mental agitation or wild excitement
Torment – to cause physical pain or mental anguish
Thrash – beat; hit
Latter – second of two
Raucous – boisterous and disorderly
Sabotage – treacherous action to defeat a cause
Alleged –
Epidemic –
Quarantine –
Cynical –
Sabotage –
Aryans –
Section 4 – Pages 63-80
Lamentation – grief; mourning
Void – emptiness
Emaciated – made thin due to starvation
Elapsed – passed
Evacuation – withdrawing troops or civilians
Relentlessly – steadily; persistently
Accursed –
Decisive –
Meager –
Mirage –
Sections 6-8 – Pages 81-109
Deprive – to take something away from
Bereaved – left alone by death
Apathy – lack of emotion or feeling
Livid – ashen; pallid
Dregs – the least desirable portions
Vitality – vigor; energy
Tether – the limit of one’s resources or endurance
Contagion – harmful influence
Plaintive – expressing sorrow
Recesses – remote; secret places
Brink –
Grimace –
Commandant –
Prophet –
Encumbrance –
Robust –
Riveted –
Summons –
Spasmodically –
Innumerable –
Upheaval -