Vocabulary Set #3 for Elie Wiesel's "Night" (Ch 5 & 6)

deprive

to take away

indeterminate

(adj) not fixed or determined, indefinite; vague

encumbrance

a burden or impediment

semblance

(n.) a likeness; an outward appearance; an apparition

refuge

Protection or safety; shelter

trod

to walk

vigilance

the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties

spectacle

an unusual sight or public display

sustain

(v.) to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of

poignant

evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret

stricken

seriously affected by an undesirable condition or unpleasant feeling

solemn

serious

implored

asked or begged earnestly

countenance

a person's face or facial expression

merciless

without kindness or pity; cruel

interminable

endless, so long as to seem endless

emaciated

abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food.

Inheritance

the act of inheriting property. : the reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring. : the acquisition of a possession, condition, or trait from past generations.

annihilate

destroy utterly; obliterate

Lamentation

the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping