Night 1-20 Flashcards
To burden or weigh down somebody or something
encumber
a short personal account of an incident or event
anecdote
to steal using force, especially during war
pillage
a thin fragile appearance, look needy
waiflike
not important
insignificant
firmly held belief
conviction
an important process to enter into a group
initiation
likely to cause a contagious disease or to be affected by one
pestilential
a building or furnace where bodies are incinerated
crematory
the quality of, or having to do with God the divine
divinity
a baton carried as a symbol of rank; an officers club
truncheon
so wicked or cruel as to be worthy of hell
infernal
to act or compose something with little to no preparation
improvise
trustees or guards chosen from the prisoners
kapos
to give into someone’s wishes, to humor someone
indulgently
not emotional or unaffected by emotion
unsentimental