Night Book Vocabulary Words

Question 1

The state of being very poor; extreme poverty

Answer 1

Penury

Question 2

Belief that union with God may be attained through contemplation and self-surrender

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Mysticism

Question 3

A building in which Jews meet for religious worship or instruction

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Synagogue

Question 4

A god or goddess

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Divinity

Question 5

Refers to very traditional and strict Jewish beliefs

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Hasidic

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A ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution

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Beadle

Question 7

Refers to the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible

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Kabbalah

Question 8

The primary source of Jewish religious law

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Talmud

Question 9

The chief text of the Jewish Kabbalah

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Zohar

Question 10

The German state secret police during the Nazi regime, famous for its brutal methods

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Gestapo

Question 11

Producing an overwhelming sense of awe or other high emotion through being vast or grand

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Sublime

Question 12

An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

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Edict

Question 13

Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority

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Prohibit

Question 14

An official order that has the force of law

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Decree

Question 15

A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups

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Ghetto

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Secret

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Surreptitious

Question 17

The major Jewish spring festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, lasting seven or eight days

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Passover

Question 18

A Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law

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Rabbi

Question 19

The army of the Soviet Union

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Red Army

Question 20

A major Jewish festival held fifty days after the second day of Passover. It was originally a harvest festival

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Shavuot

Question 21

A small leather box containing Hebrew texts, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the laws

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Phylacteries

Question 22

A very severe Catholic Church court established in 1478 and directed originally against converts from Judaism and Islam but later also against Protestants

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Spanish Inquistion

Question 23

The Babylonian captivity (or Babylonian exile) is the period in Jewish history during which a number of Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylonia

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Captivity in Babylon

Question 24

The act of constraining or holding back; not able to be relaxed

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Inhibitions

Question 25

In a way that can never be reversed, undone, or canceled

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Irrevocably

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Airtight

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Hermetically

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Having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations

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Pious

Question 28

A deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm

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Abyss

Question 29

Of, relating to, or causing death

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Lethal

Question 30

Widely and unfavorably known

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Notorious

Question 31

An eyeglass for one eye

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Monocle

Question 32

To make holy, set apart as sacred; consecrate

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Sanctify

Question 33

A profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom

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Sage

Question 34

The quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible

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Lucidity

Question 35

A statue of gigantic size and proportions

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Colossus

Question 36

recover health and strength after illness

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Convalescent

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A crematory

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Crematorium

Question 38

A spirit of trust and goodwill among people closely associated in an activity or endeavor

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Camaraderie

Question 39

A concentration camp prisoner who cooperated with the Nazis to act as as a police officer inside the camp

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Kapo

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Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

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Altruistic

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A small amount or share

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Pittance

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Incapable of being defended

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Untenable

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Shelter or protection from danger

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Refuge

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Capable of being believed

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Credible

Question 45

A wooden frame where condemned persons are executed by hanging

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Gallows

Question 46

A shackle for the hand; handcuff

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Manacle

Question 47

An area of the Middle East governed by Britain under a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1948. In 1947, the newly formed United Nations accepted the idea to partition Palestine into a zone for the Jews (Israel) and a zone for the Arabs (Palestine)

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Palestine

Question 48

A large city in Palestine, later in Northern Israel

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Haifa

Question 49

The quality or state of being impressive or awesome

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Grandeur

Question 50

Satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury

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Atonement

Question 51

Being abnormally thin from lack of nutrition or disease

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Emancipated

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Something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity

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Incentive

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A place to care for the sick; facility serving as a hospital

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Infirmary

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Without exceptions or conditions; absolute

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Categorical

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To reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence

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Annihilate

Question 56

The sound made by a bell rung slowly

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Knell

Question 57

The Jewish New Year festival, held in September

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Rosh Hashanah

Question 58

A block leader in the concentration camp

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Blockaleste

Question 59

Divine judgement by God was passed upon the city of Sodom, which was completely consumed by fire and brimstone

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Sodom

Question 60

Day of Atonement, holiest day of the year for the Jewish people

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Yom Kippur

Question 61

Means attention in German

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Achtung

Question 62

To hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent

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Falter

Question 63

A mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot

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Automations

Question 64

To bump, push, shove, brush against

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Jostle

Question 65

Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful

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Plaintive

Question 66

A sense or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement

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Apathy

Question 67

Burdened; loaded down

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Laden

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Solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids

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Dregs

Question 69

Exuberant physical strength or mental vigor

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Vitality

Question 70

A heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges

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Maul

Question 71

To feel or express sorrow or regret

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Lament

Question 72

Physically or mentally exhausted by hard work

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Weary

Question 73

To be of use or value to; profit

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Avail

Question 74

A layer; lever; stratum

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Tier

Question 75

A large kettle or boiler

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Cauldron