Night Vocabulary #2
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Barrack | A building used usually for soldier's lodging |
| Lucid | Easily understood |
| Oblivion | The condition of forgetting or having forgotten |
| Convalescent | Recovering from an illness |
| Despair | Loss of hope |
| Altruistic | Unselfish |
| Quarantine | A strict isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
| Evoke | To call up |
| Sanctity | The state of being holy |
| Wrath | Fierce anger |
| Gallows | A frame used for execution of hanging |
| Manacled | Hand-cuff |
| Grandeur | High rank |
| Salvation | Deliverance from sin and its consequences |
| Lament | Passionate expression or grief |
| Reprieve | Cancellation of punishment |
| Emaciated | Extreme weight-loss |
| Crucible | A place of severe test |
| Dysentery | Disorder of intestines |
| Falter | To stumble |
| Envelop | To wrap up; To cover |
| Transcend | To rise above the limits |
| Console | To comfort |
| Poignant | Pungent |
| Deshevelled | Untidy |
| Jostle | To push roughly |
| Quarrel | An angry argument or disagreement |
| Plaintive | Sounding sad |
| Prostrate | Lying face-down on the ground |
| Wield | To hold and use (weapon or tool) |
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