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FerreroNightVocab
Ferrero Night Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Blandishments | Comments |
Cabbala | Jewish mystical stories. |
Epidemic | Disease that affected a lot of people |
Quarantine | Kept separate from everybody else. |
Kapos | Prisoner functionary |
Bespectacled | With glasses |
Cynical | Sneaky |
Foreman | Supervisors |
Numerology | Branch of knowledge that deals with the occult significance of numbers. |
Clout | a heavy blow with the hand or a hard object. |
Fatigue | Extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness. |
Morale | Confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline of a person or group at a particular time. |
Conflagration | Extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property. |
Distinction | Difference or contrast between similar things or people. |
Embolism | Obstruction of an artery, typically by a clot of blood or an air bubble. Periodic intercalation of days or a month to correct the accumulating discrepancy between the calendar year and the solar year, as in a leap year. |
Polonopd | Take longer than it should. |
Inhibitions | Feeling that makes one self-conscious and unable to act in a relaxed and natural way. |
Intolerable | Unable to be endured. |
Economize | Spend less; reduce one's expenses. |
Interpreted | Understand (an action, mood, or way of behaving) as having a particular meaning or significance. |
Conflagration | Extensive fire that a great deal of land or property. |
Extinct | No longer in existance. |
Partisans | Fighters in irregular military groups participating in Jewish resistance movement against Nazi Germany and its collaborators |
Synagogue | Jewish worship circle. |
Farce | Buffoonery or horse play. |
Irrevocably | Not able to be changed, reversed, or recovered; final. |
Hermetically | Not affected by outward influence or power; isolated. |
Hysterical | Crazy. |
Gagged | Covering of mouth. |
Abruptly | Unexpected. |
Invective | Really bad language. |
Laternal | Farther like. |
Interpreter | Person who interprets, especially one who translates speech orally. |
Lucidity | Clarity. |
Astonished | Greatly surprised or impressed; amazed. |
Adjoining | Building, room, or piece of land next to or joined with. |
Copulate | Have sexual intercourse. |
Muster | Collect or assemble |
Astonished | Greatly surprised or impressed; amazed. |
Adjoining | Building, room, or piece of land next to or joined with. |
Copulate | Have sexual intercourse. |
Muster | Collect or assemble |
Writhed | Make continual twisting, squirming movements or contortions of the body. |
Gallows | Structure, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals. |
Solemn | Not cheerful or smiling. |
Manacled | Metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles. |
Verdict | Decision on a disputed issue in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. |
Air Raid | Attack in which bombs are dropped from aircraft onto a ground target. |
Latter | Situated or occurring nearer to the end of something than to the beginning. |
Pipel | Young Boy. |
Erected | Construct (a building, wall, or other upright structure). |
Agitated | Feeling or appearing troubled or nervous |
Anguished | Extremely distressed about something. |
Defiance | Open resistance; bold disobedience. |
Ailing | In poor health. |
Bureaucrats | Official in a government department, in particular one perceived as being concerned with procedural correctness at the expense of people's needs. |
Officiating | Charge of something, as a sporting event or perform a religious service or ceremony. |
Audible | Able to be heard. |
Benediction | Devout or formal invocation of blessedness. |
Amid | Surrounded by; in the middle of. |
Bartered | Damaged by age and repeated use; shabby. |
Regulated | Control or maintain the rate or speed of (a machine or process) so that it operates properly. |
Flimsy | Comparatively light and insubstantial; easily damaged. |
Congregation | Group of people assembled for religious worship. |
Damnation | Expressing anger or frustration. |
Lament | Passionate expression of grief or sorrow. |
Surreal | Bizarre. |
Emaciated | Abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. |
Veiled | Partially conceal, disguise, or obscure. |
Sniggering | Smothered or half-suppressed laugh. |
Spunk | Courage and determination. |
Morphine | Analgesic and narcotic drug obtained from opium and used medicinally to relieve pain. |
Annihilate | Destroy utterly; obliterate. |
Pending | Awaiting decision or settlement. |
Liberators | Person or place from imprisonment or oppression. |
Endured | Suffer (something painful or difficult) patiently. |
Margarine | Butter substitute made from vegetable oils or animal fats. |
Garb | Clothing or dress, especially of a distinctive or special kind. |
Exodus | Mass departure of people, especially emigrants. |