NIGHT Unit Vocabulary

cultured

(adj) having or showing good education, taste, and/or manners

welfare

(n) the state of doing well especially in respect to good fortune, happiness, well-being, or prosperity

resolve

(n) a strong determination to do something

anguish

(n) extreme suffering, grief, or pain

rescind

(v) to take away; remove; to take back

indiscriminately

(adv) carelessly; randomly

surreptitious

(adj) done in a secret way

haste

(n) quickness; rapidity of motion

morality

(n) beliefs about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior

morale

(n) the mental and emotional condition of an individual or group

conflagration

(n) a fire; especially a large disastrous fire

deportation

(n) the removal from a country

farce

(n) an empty or ridiculous act or situation

condemn

(v) to give a severe punishment; to cause someone to suffer or live in difficult conditions

irrevocable

(adj) unchangeable; unalterable

indifferent

(adj) not interested in or concerned about something

notorious

(adj) widely and unfavorably known; known for something bad

lament

(n) a grief-filled cry; an expression of sorrow

imprudent

(adj) not wise or sensible

devoid

(adj) completely lacking; empty

holocaust

a large-scale destruction, especially by fire; a vast slaughter; a burnt offering

genocide

the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group

antisemitism

hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group

anti-Semetic

relating to or characterized by Semitism: feeling or showing hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a cultural, racial, or ethnic group

lucidity

clarity

wizened

shriveled or wrinkled with age

complicit

helping to commit a crime or wrong doing in some way