Night Vocabulary

Question 1

Enveloped

Answer 1

to surround completely

Question 2

Apathy

Answer 2

lack of interest

Question 3

Lament

Answer 3

passionate expression of grief or sorrow

Question 4

Protruded

Answer 4

to extend beyond or above the surface

Question 5

Delusion

Answer 5

a belief that is held firmly despite the contradiction

Question 5

Recesses

Answer 5

a hollow space inside something

Question 5

Roused

Answer 5

to bring out of sleep

Question 6

Idleness

Answer 6

without purpose or effect

Question 7

Prominent

Answer 7

important, famous

Question 7

Haste

Answer 7

excessive speed or urgency

Question 7

Surreal

Answer 7

bizarre

Question 8

Anecdotes

Answer 8

Short, often amusing stories

Question 9

Oppressors

Answer 9

someone who keeps another in hardship

Question 10

Interrogating

Answer 10

asking questions

Question 11

Infernal

Answer 11

of or referring to hell

Question 12

Elude

Answer 12

evade or escape

Question 13

Camaraderie

Answer 13

mutual trust or friendship

Question 14

Cynical

Answer 14

distrustful of human sincerity

Question 15

Defiance

Answer 15

open resistance

Question 16

Doused

Answer 16

to pour a liquid over to drench

Question 17

Dissipated

Answer 17

to disappear or cause to disappear

Question 18

Notorious

Answer 18

famous or well-known for something bad

Question 19

Knell

Answer 19

death or funeral

Question 20

Synagogue

Answer 20

the Jewish house of worship and Assembly (kind of like a church)

Question 21

Ghetto

Answer 21

Small, restricted sections of cities surrounded by walls, guards, and barbed wire (as in Sighet)

Question 22

Rabbi

Answer 22

"My teacher" or "my master"

Question 23

Holocaust

Answer 23

The systematic mass slaughter of European Jews by the Nazis from 1933-1945

Question 24

Genocide

Answer 24

The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political or cultural group

Question 25

Anti-semitism

Answer 25

A system of beliefs or feelings that are hostile toward Jews

Question 26

Fascism

Answer 26

A totalitarian government system led by a dictator and emphasizing aggressive nationalism, militarism, and often racism

Question 27

Prejudice

Answer 27

An opinion, especially an unfavorable one, formed beforehand or without knowledge or thought

Question 28

Dictator

Answer 28

A ruler or tyrant who exercises absolute power

Question 29

Exterminate

Answer 29

to get rid of by destroying it completely

Question 30

Prejudiced

Answer 30

describes a person who holds preconceived and uniform biases against a racial, religious, or national group