Night Vocabulary

Match the following from Chapters 3-4 of Night by Elie Wiesel.

• Unremittingly

• persistently not stopping or relaxing

• Blandishments

• thickening; solidifying

• Congealing

• having a progressive infectious disease

• lucidity

• flattering statements

• Leprous

• clarify; clearness; purity

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Match the following vocabulary words from Chapters 1 & 2 of Night by Elie Wiesel.

• Expound

• vague, obscure thinking or belief; doctrine that states it’s possible to achieve communion with God through contemplation and love

• Anecdotes

• explain or interpret; clarify

• Mysticism

• short, entertaining, personal stories

• Farce

• exaggerated comedy; something ridiculous

• Encumbered

• held back; hindered; weighed down by something heavy

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

Match the following vocabulary from Chapters 1-2 of Night by Elie Wiesel

• abdominable

• offensive smell or odor

• Hermetically

• nasty and disgusting; highly unpleasant; very bad

• Monotonous

• tiresome (because of little or no variation)

• Pestilence

• fatally contagious or infectious disease

• Stench

• sealed in a completely airtight way

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

Which word means 'persistently not stopping or relaxing'?

• Incessant

• Lethargic

• Ephemeral

• Transient

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does the word 'clarity' refer to?

• Obscurity

• Clearness

• Ambiguity

• Confusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Which term describes 'having a progressive infectious disease'?

• Contagious

• Chronic

• Infectious

• Leprous

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does 'thickening; solidifying' mean?

• Liquefying

• Congealing

• Dissolving

• Evaporating

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which phrase refers to 'flattering statements'?

• Criticism

• Praise

• Adulation

• Rebuke

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does 'held back; hindered; weighed down by something heavy' mean?

• Unburdened

• Encumbered

• Liberated

• Freed

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which word describes 'vague, obscure thinking or belief'?

• Mysticism

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

• Skepticism

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6