Elie Wiesel's Night: Out of the Darkness - College of Education
Elie Wiesel's Night: Out of the Darkness - College of Education
Elie Wiesel's Night: Out of the Darkness - College of Education
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<strong>Night</strong> Vocabulary List<br />
1. Lorry- (n) a large truck- term mainly used in Britain<br />
2. Synagogue- (n) a Jewish house <strong>of</strong> worship, <strong>of</strong>ten having facilities for religious<br />
instruction.<br />
3. Ghetto- (n) a section <strong>of</strong> a city, inhabited predominantly by members <strong>of</strong> an ethnic or o<strong>the</strong>r<br />
minority group, <strong>of</strong>ten as a result <strong>of</strong> social or economic restrictions, pressures, or<br />
hardships. Regarding <strong>the</strong> Holocaust, a section <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> city were Jews were required to live.<br />
4. Barracks- (n) a building or group <strong>of</strong> buildings in which many people are lodged.<br />
5. Ration- (n) fixed allowance <strong>of</strong> provisions or food. (v) to restrict <strong>the</strong> consumption <strong>of</strong> a<br />
commodity, food, etc.<br />
6. Apathy- (n) absence or suppression <strong>of</strong> passion, emotion, or excitement; lack <strong>of</strong> interest in<br />
or concern for things that o<strong>the</strong>rs find moving or exciting.<br />
7. Interminable- (adj) having no limits; unending<br />
8. Morale- (n) emotional or mental condition in <strong>the</strong> face <strong>of</strong> opposition<br />
9. Infernal- (adj) extremely troublesome, annoying, outrageous<br />
10. Expelled- (v) to drive or force out or away<br />
11. Pious- (adj) having or showing a dutiful spirit <strong>of</strong> reverence for god or an earnest wish to<br />
fulfill religious obligations.<br />
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