Night Section 4 Vocabulary

Question 1

epidemic

Answer 1

outbreak of a disease that spreads very quickly, usually within a designated area.

Question 2

keen

Answer 2

quick to understand things

Question 3

cynical

Answer 3

doubting of human nature; question motives

Question 4

innumerable

Answer 4

too many to be counted

Question 5

emigrate

Answer 5

to leave a place, especially a native country and live in another country.

Question 6

queue

Answer 6

to form a line while waiting for something

Question 7

extraction

Answer 7

the taking away or getting rid of something

Question 8

reprieve

Answer 8

temporary relief from something harmful, especially danger or pain

Question 9

alleged

Answer 9

claimed but not yet proven

Question 10

defiance

Answer 10

open, bold, or hostile refusal to obey or conform

Question 11

inadequate

Answer 11

failing to reach an expected or required level or standard

Question 12

gallows

Answer 12

a wooden frame, used to execute people by hanging

Question 13

cleft

Answer 13

split or divided

Question 14

pipel

Answer 14

German for a young assistant or apprentice, in this case an assitant to the Kapos