Language Arts-Night-Vocabulary

Question 1

Cabbala

Answer 1

an ancient Jewish mystical commentary or tradition based on interpretation of the Torah

Question 2

Exterminate

Answer 2

to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally

Question 3

Emigration

Answer 3

to leave one country or region to settle in another

Question 4

Abstraction

Answer 4

an impractical idea; something visionary and unrealistic

Question 5

Anti-Semitic

Answer 5

the act or idea of hating Jewish people; hostility or prejudice toward Jewish people

Question 6

Firmament

Answer 6

the vault or expanse of heaven; the sky

Question 7

Haggard

Answer 7

having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn

Question 8

Truncheon

Answer 8

a short stick carried by police; a billy club

Question 9

convoy

Answer 9

a ship, fleet, or group of vehicles traveling together as a means of escorting or protecting

Question 10

Pillage

Answer 10

to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder

Question 11

constraint

Answer 11

repression of natural feelings and impulses

Question 12

hermetically

Answer 12

so as to be airtight

Question 13

monocle

Answer 13

a corrective lens used to enhance or correct the vision in only one eye

Question 14

colic

Answer 14

severe abdominal pain

Question 15

clout

Answer 15

a heavy blow with the hand or a hard object

Question 16

compulsory

Answer 16

required; mandatory; obligatory

Question 17

queue

Answer 17

a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn

Question 18

knell

Answer 18

the sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death, funeral, or disaster

Question 19

encumbrance

Answer 19

something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance

Question 20

liberate

Answer 20

to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage