Night by Elie Wiesel - Vocabulary DEFINITIONS

hamper, hinder, impede; to burden

• ascertain (v.)

• rivet (v.)

• intersperse (v.)

• encumber (v.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• unremitting (adj.)

• lucid (adj.)

• veritable (adj.)

• inert (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• intersperse (v.)

• transcend (v.)

• ascertain (v.)

• encumber (v.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• beseeching (adj.)

• inert (adj.)

• lucid (adj.)

• untenable (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• encumber (v.)

• transcend (v.)

• ascertain (v.)

• rivet (v.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• derision (n.)

• crucible (n.)

• fraught (adj.)

• partisan (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

insult, disrespect, comeback; ridicule or mockery

• surreal (adj.)

• partisan (adj.)

• derision (n.)

• crucible (n.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• veritable (adj.)

• inert (adj.)

• untenable (adj.)

• surreptitious (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• surreptitious (adj.)

• altruistic (adj.)

• surreal (adj.)

• beseeching (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• inert (adj.)

• fraught 9adj.)

• surreptitious (adj.)

• untenable (adj.)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4