section 3 Flashcards
sage
an aromatic plant with grayish-green leaves that are used as a culinary herb.
notorious
To be prone to doing something.
crematory
a place where a dead person’s body is cremated.
tolerate
To put up with someone’s behavior.
lucidity
a presumed capacity to perceive the truth directly and instantaneously.
kapos
A leader in one of the concentration camps.
improvise
To have to come up with something because of missing materials.
oppressive
unjustly inflicting hardship and constraint.
harangue
lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner.
congealing
solidify or coagulate, especially by cooling.
unremittingly
To do something nonstop.
humanity
the human race; human beings collectively.
infernal
of, relating to, or characteristic of hell or the underworld.
nocturnal
An animal that comes out at night.
bestial
savagely cruel and depraved.