English 8th grade quarter 3 Night and 12 angry men vocab quiz

Night and 12 angry men vocab quiz

Morbid

Unpleasant and strange

Exile

To be banished from a place often a home or country

Decree

An official order given by someone in power

Procession

Marching in a neat line

Convoy

A group of vehicles traveling together

Withered

Dry and shriveled

Redemption

To become better or to be saved from sin

Condemn

To publicly denounce as bad or evil

Crematorium

A place to cremate the bodies of the dead

Gallows

A structure used to hang people publicly

Elude

To evade or hide from

Infirmary

A clinic often found in large instusions

Surreal

Dream like

Apathy

Lack of interest or care

Beseech

To beg someone for something desperately

Inert

Unable to move

Spectacle

A odd or unusual sight that you can’t look away from

Scour

To look intently for something

Liquidation

The mass killing of many people in a group

Unprecedented

Never before done or known; unheard of

Unanimous

Fully in agreement

Census

A official court or survey of a group of people

Speculation

Taking a guess without any facts to back up what you are guessing; assuming things without facts

Infallible

Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

Sanctimonious

Thinking that you are on a moral high ground compared to others

Bias

An unfair prejudice

Meek

Shy, quite, often gets pushed around; submissive (basically a doormat)

Testimony

A formal statement (written or spoken) most often given in court

Deliberation

Long and careful debate/discussing something with care

Bigot

A person who is devoted to their own prejudices and refuses to listen to others and reason