Night: Chapter 1 General Vocabulary

Question 1

Waiflike

Answer 1

Thin or looking unhealthy or uncared for

Question 2

Indulgent

Answer 2

having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to or lenient with someone

Question 3

Eternity

Answer 3

infinite or unending time

Question 4

Deportee

Answer 4

a person who has been or is being expelled from a country

Question 5

Insinuate

Answer 5

Suggest or hint in a indirect and unpleasant way

Question 6

Emigration

Answer 6

the act of leaving one’s country to settle permanently in another

Question 7

Immigration

Answer 7

the act of coming to live permanently in a foreign country

Question 8

Sublime

Answer 8

of such excellence, grandeur, or beauty as to inspire great admiration or awe

Question 9

Edict

Answer 9

An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

Question 10

Delusion

Answer 10

A false belief or judgment about external reality, held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, occurring especially in mental conditions

Question 11

Anecdote

Answer 11

A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Question 12

Infinite

Answer 12

Limitless or endless in space

Question 13

Finite

Answer 13

Having limits or bounds

Question 14

Surreal

Answer 14

Having the qualities of surrealism

Question 15

Optimism

Answer 15

Hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something

Question 16

Convoy

Answer 16

A group of ships or vehicles traveling together