night vocab

penury

extreme poverty; destitution

Mysticism

a divine experience where an individual believes to have become one with a supreme deity (or deities, based on the belief system)

peril

serious and immediately danger

jubilant

feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph

sublime

of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

Edict

an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

delusion

a false belief or impression

liquidate

eliminate, typically by violent means

strewn

untidily scattered

surreptitiously

in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively

surreal

having the qualities of surrealism; bizarre; marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream or unbelievable

economize

spend less; reduce one’s expenses

pious

devoutly religious

abyss

a deep or seemingly bottomless hcasm

anguish

severe mental or physical pain or suffering

in vain

without success or a result

illusion

a thing that is or is likely to be wrongly perceived or interpreted by the senses

throng

a large, densely packed crowd of people or animals

imperative

of vital importance; crucial

invective

insulting, abusive, or highly critical language

monocle

a single eyeglass, kept in position by the muscles around the eye

elude

evade or escape from (a danger, enemy, or pursuer) typically in a skillful or cunning way

sanctify

set apart as or declare holy; consecrate

lucidity

clarity of expression; intelligibility

colossus

a statue that is much bigger than life size

ascertain

find something out for certain; make sure of