Night vocab list 5

annihilate

V - to destroy; to completely obliterate; to wipe out or extinguish

knell

N - the sound of a bell, especially a bell rung for a funeral; V- to ring a solemn bell

automatons

N - a mechanical device made to do the work of a human; a kind of robot

sustain

V - to provide assistance or comfort; to support or prop up

parched

Adj - dry; dried out from heat and lack of water; withered

disengage

V - to release from a connection or attachment; to separate or remove

jostling

N. - bumping, shoving; being knocked or pushed about

melancholy

N - a sad, pensive mood; a feeling of sadness or depression; Adj - feeling sorrowful or depressed

convoy

N - a group that travels together; a fleet

prostrate

Adj - lying face down; V - to lay flat on the ground; to place oneself in a lower position

riveted

Adj - jointed or fastened; held in place; fixed to a spot

liquidated

Adj. - killed; done away with; described something that is dissolved or terminated