Night Vocabulary (pages 21-43)

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10 questions
Note from the author:
Elie Wiesel
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Define constraint
The three year old child must be in a constraint when traveling in a car.

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Define provisions
She will send some provisions (sandwiches, drinks, blankets) with you when you go camping.

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Define hermetically
When I took Physics III in college, I found it to be hermetic.

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Define pestilential
The pestilential spots on the man's body were evidence he was extremely sick.

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Define notorious
The criminals Bonnie and Clyde are notorious for all the crimes they committed.

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Define devoid
She could not care less; she is devoid of emotion.

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Define monocle
The older man thought he looked intelligent because he wore a monocle in his left eye. However, he resembled a pirate with a glass patch.

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Define lucidity
The paper of cloud formation was confusing and disorganized; it lacked lucidity.

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Define convalescent
My grandmother was placed in a convalescent home after falling down the stairs.

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Define blandishments
The insincere man was guilty of always using blandishments when speaking to his boss. He wanted so desperately for his boss to like him