Night Part 6 Vocab Flashcards
Grandeur
Splendor; impressiveness
Cowardice
Lack of bravery
Salvation
Deliverance from sin and its consequences
Lament
Express grief
Atonement
Reparation for a wrong
Reprieve
Cancellation or postponement of punishment
Crucible
Severe test or trial
Chinks
Weak points
Glacial
Icy
Infirmary
Sick room; hospital
Categorical
Clear and direct
Amputated
Surgically removed
Dysentery
Severe diarrhea caused by infection
Spunk
Courage and determination
Inflection
Change of intonation or pitch in the voice
Prophecies
Predictions
ounded
Having a firm basis; based upon a principle
Deluded
Deceived; fooled
Evacuation
Mass departure or retreat from an area
Garb
Clothing or dress
Knell
Sound of a bell (used figuratively here)
Exodus
Mass departure of people, especially emigrants
Automatons
Those who behave or respond in a mechanical way
Emaciated
Thin; gaunt; haggard