Night

By: Elie Wiesel

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Vocab. (from text) 

 

Morality- n. beliefs about what is right behavior and what is wrong behavior 

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; cancel 

Haste- n. quickness; rapidity of motion 

Morale- n. the mental and emotional condition of an individual or group with regard to the function or tasks at hand 

Deportation- n. the removal from a country 

Condemn- v. to give a severe punishment; to cause someone to suffer or live in difficult conditions 

Irrevocably-adj. unchangeably; unalterably 

Indifferently- adj. marked by no special liking for or dislike of something 

Notorious- adj. well-known or famous, especially for something bad 

Lament- n. a grief-filled cry; an expression of sorrow 

 

** See Literature Notes and Vocabulary for the rest of the vocabulary