Night Vocabulary

Peril

Serious and immediate danger

Anguish

Severe mental or physical pain or suffering

Liquidate

To sell off what is owned for cash

Sublime

Such excellence of beauty as to inspire great admiration

Exterminate

Destroy completely

Surreptitious

Kept secret that would not be approved of sharing

Rescinded

To revoke, cancel, or repeal a law or order

Conflagration

An extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property

Oppressor

A person or group that oppresses people

Prominent

Important; famous

Tumult

A loud, confused noise, mostly caused by large groups of people

Paternal

Of or appropriate to a father

Barracks

Buildings designed to house military personnel

Compulsory

Required by law or a rule; obligatory

Evoke

To call forth or summon

Reprieve

Cancel or postpone the punishment of someone

Elude

Evade or escape from danger, typically in a unique way

Infernal

Referring to hell, the underworld, or something diabolical

Wizened

Shriveled or wrinkled with age

Harangue

A lengthy and aggressive speech

Vitality

Strength or energy

Indifference

Loss of interest or emotional response

Notorious

Well known for negative reasons

Cauldron

Large vessel for boiling or stewing

Vulnerable

Openly unprotected or at risk

Apathy

Lack of concern

Emaciated

Extreme thinness

Elapsed

Passed over time

Lament

To express deep grief

Convoy

A group moving together for protection

Poignant

Deeply moving

Prostrate

Stretched out and weak

Beseech

To urgently and fervently ask for something

Riveted

Firmly fixed in attention

Spectacle

Unpleasant or striking scene

Inert

Motionless and weak

Transgress

Break a rule or boundary

Disheveled

Worn out and messy

Plaintive

Mournful

Morbid

Unhealthy or grim