Night Vocabulary

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

• Blandishments

• clarify; clearness; purity

• Leprous

• thickening; solidifying

• Congealing

• flattering statements

• Unremittingly

• persistently not stopping or relaxing

• lucidity

• having a progressive infectious disease

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

• Mysticism

• held back; hindered; weighed down by something heavy

• Anecdotes

• explain or interpret; clarify

• Farce

• exaggerated comedy; something ridiculous

• Expound

• short, entertaining, personal stories

• Encumbered

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

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

• Hermetically

• fatally contagious or infectious disease

• Monotonous

• sealed in a completely airtight way

• abdominable

• offensive smell or odor

• Stench

• nasty and disgusting; highly unpleasant; very bad

• Pestilence

• tiresome (because of little or no variation)

Which word means 'persistently not stopping or relaxing'?

• Incessant

• Lethargic

• Ephemeral

• Transient

What does the word 'clarity' refer to?

• Obscurity

• Clearness

• Ambiguity

• Confusion

Which term describes 'having a progressive infectious disease'?

• Contagious

• Chronic

• Infectious

• Leprous

What does 'thickening; solidifying' mean?

• Liquefying

• Congealing

• Dissolving

• Evaporating

Which phrase refers to 'flattering statements'?

• Criticism

• Praise

• Adulation

• Rebuke

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

• Unburdened

• Encumbered

• Liberated

• Freed

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

• Mysticism

• Rationalism

• Empiricism

• Skepticism