Night Section 2 Flashcards
(10 cards)
Hermetically - The world had become a hermetically sealed cattle car.
Context - closed in, tight fit, closely packed
Definition - Air tight; not allowing passage of air.
Pious- Her husband was a pious man who spent most of his days and nights in the house of study.
Context- religious, holy devoted, faithful and educated
Definition - Having or showing reverence (honor/worship) for deity, devotion
Abyss - We were still trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felt the abyss opening beneath us.
Context - enormous earth opening, deep opening
Definition - The bottomless pit or chaos in the universe, an immeasurable deep gulf of great space.
Pestilential - There are other pestilential concerns such as fever and viruses.
Context - health related disease issues
Definition - causing or likely to cause a contagious or infection epidemic disease that spreads quickly and has everlasting effects.
Barometer - A legendary Broadway flop has subsequently become the barometer by which failure in theater is judged.
Context - standard by which to judge others
abominable - Your table manners are abominable especially when you burp out loud!
Context - disrespectful outrage, horrible, disgusting
Definition - deserving or causing loathing or hatred; detestable, quite, disagreeable.
anguish - Unable to still our anguish, we tried to reassure each other.
Context - pain, emotional, worry, fear, concerns
Definition - extreme pain or distress of body or mind.
monotonous - The lecturer’s monotonous delivery threated to put us to sleep.
Context - boring, dull, lame
Definition - (of a sound or utterance) lacking in variation in tone or pitch.
bewildered - Bewildered and confused onlookers wandered around the streets.
Context - confused, lost, puzzled, perplexed
Definition - caused to lose one’s bearings, perplexed, confused
invalids - Her husband has become an invalid and needs around the clock care.
Context - person unable to take care of oneself
Definition - one who is sick
