Night Vocabulary Chapters 1-3

The state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening.

• Tumult

• Oblivion

• Sublime

• Penury

To move rapidly and lightly from object to another; skim; dart or flutter.

• Interspersed

• Surreptitiously

• Flit

• Tumult

Extreme poverty; destitution.

• Penury

• Compulsory

• Altruistic

• Imprudent

A loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people.

• Throng

• Mauling

• Tumult

• Interspersed

Religious, devout; God-fearing.

• Sublime

• Edict

• Surreptitiously

• Pious

An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

• Novel

• Edict

• Muster

• Compulsory

Of vital importance; crucial

• Compulsory

• Imperative

• Sublime

• Concurred

Tending to inspire awe usually because of elevated quality (as of beauty, nobility, or grandeur).

• Altruistic

• Sublime

• Surreal

• Oblivion

A large densely packed crowd of people or animals.

• Throng

• Tumult

• Camaraderie

• Penury

In a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively.

• Compulsory

• Sublime

• Interspersed

• Surreptitiously