vocab 5-9

Night Vocabulary – Lesson 4 (Sections 7-9)

The list below is from sections seven, eight, and nine of Night along with words from an SAT word list. Directions: Review the following vocabulary words and highlight them in your reading as you read. Vocabulary Activity: For each word, list its part of speech and then create a sentence using the word. Please type your work in red.

1. Apathy (99) – lack of emotion or passion.   

2. Mauling (101) – wounding by scratching or tearing 

3. Prostrate (108) – lying stretched out, often face down, overcome with distress or exhaustion 

4. Unprecedented (113) – never heard of or done before  

5. Vying – striving; competing    

6. Vapid – dull, uninteresting; without liveliness or spirit

7.  Sophistry – deceptive reasoning; false argument 

8.  Scintillating – lively, animated, effervescent   

9. Effervescent – bubbly, vivacious, lively

10. Repugnant – offensive, disgusting

11. Recalcitrant – stubborn; hard to deal with; resist authority

    1. Grandeur – splendor; impressiveness  

    2. Crucible – severe test or trial 

    3. Deluded – deceived; fooled 

    4. Emaciated – thin; gaunt; haggard  

    5. Diminished – make or become less   

    6. Poignant – evoking a keen sense of sadness; emotionally moving

    7.  Automatons – those who behave or respond in a mechanical way (robot)

    8.  Amenable – yielding; cooperative; complaint

    9. Fallacious – deceitful, incorrect

    10. Esoteric – understood only by a few

    11. Inherent – intrinsic, natural 

    12. Inane - senseless, stupid