Night Part 5 Vocab

Question 1

Gleiwitz

Answer 1

A city in Southern Poland (A staged attack on a radio station in Gleiwitz on August 31, 1939 served as a pretext for Nazi Germany to invade Poland, thus starting world war II)

Question 2

Front

Answer 2

The foremost (front) line of the approaching military

Question 3

Buchenwald

Answer 3

A concentration camp for slave labor near Weimar Germany

Question 4

Dissipated

Answer 4

Dispered or scattered

Question 5

Gallows

Answer 5

Wooden frame for hanging people

Question 6

Manacled

Answer 6

Handcuffed, shackled

Question 7

Air raid

Answer 7

Signal that attack by air is about to happen

Question 8

Sabotage

Answer 8

Subversion; destructive action or interference by an enemy

Question 9

Apathy

Answer 9

Lack of emotion or passion

Question 10

Inert

Answer 10

Lacking the ability or strength to move

Question 11

Dregs

Answer 11

Remnants; leftovers

Question 12

Mauling

Answer 12

Wounding by scratching or tearing

Question 13

Jostle

Answer 13

Push, elbow, or bump against; struggle for room

Question 14

Vulnerable

Answer 14

Capable of being hurt physically or emotionally

Question 15

Grudgingly

Answer 15

Reluctantly

Question 16

Prostrate

Answer 16

Lying stretched out, often face down, overcome with distress or exhaustion

Question 17

Unprecedented

Answer 17

Never heard of or done before

Question 18

Liquidation

Answer 18

Clearing out

Question 19

Underground Resistance

Answer 19

Armed or violent opposition

Question 20

Contemplating

Answer 20

Looking thoughtfully for a long time