Night by Elie Wiesel - Vocabulary DEFINITIONS

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hamper, hinder, impede; to burden

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encumber (v.)

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unending, infinite, constant; unceasing, incessant; incapable of being terminated; unending

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unremitting (adj.)

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infuse, to diversify with something placed or scattered at intervals; introduce into ones writing or speech

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intersperse (v.)

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comprehensible, evident, obvious; easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible; clear perception or understanding

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lucid (adj.)

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captivate, consume, preoccupy, engross; to hold (the eye, attention, etc.) firmly. Occupy complete attention

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rivet (v.)

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ordeal, difficulty, trial, torment; a severe searching test or trial

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crucible (n.)

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insult, disrespect, comeback; ridicule or mockery

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derision (n.)

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authentic, genuine, actual; being truly or very much so; authentic, genuine; not counterfeit or copied

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veritable (adj.)

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miserable, pathetic, heartbreaking, doleful; piteous, entreating, imploring, sorrowful, wretched

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beseeching (adj.)

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lifeless, motionless; not moving; having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance; inactive

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inert (adj.)