Night Part 6 Vocab Flashcards by Mylee Poole | Brainscape

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Grandeur

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Splendor; impressiveness

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Cowardice

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Lack of bravery

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Salvation

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Deliverance from sin and its consequences

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Lament

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Express grief

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Atonement

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Reparation for a wrong

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Reprieve

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Cancellation or postponement of punishment

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Crucible

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Severe test or trial

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Chinks

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Weak points

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Glacial

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Icy

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Infirmary

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Sick room; hospital

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Categorical

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Clear and direct

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Amputated

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Surgically removed

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Dysentery

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Severe diarrhea caused by infection

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Spunk

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Courage and determination

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Inflection

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Change of intonation or pitch in the voice

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Prophecies

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Predictions

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ounded

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Having a firm basis; based upon a principle

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Deluded

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Deceived; fooled

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Evacuation

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Mass departure or retreat from an area

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Garb

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Clothing or dress

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Knell

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Sound of a bell (used figuratively here)

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Exodus

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Mass departure of people, especially emigrants

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Automatons

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Those who behave or respond in a mechanical way

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Emaciated

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Thin; gaunt; haggard

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Excruciating

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Marked by unbearable pain

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Parched

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extremely thirsty

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Transcended

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went beyond the limits; surpassed

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Kilometer

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Approximately 2/3 of a mile

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Deprivations

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Lack of basic necessities or comforts of life

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Diminish

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Make or become less