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Night. Chapter 3 Vocabulary. Hysterical. Adjective Uncontrollable emotion Can be positive or negative When Jewish people emerged from the train they screamed in a hysterical way. Brutal. Adjective Savage or cruel ; inhuman
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Night Chapter 3 Vocabulary
Hysterical • Adjective • Uncontrollable emotion • Can be positive or negative • When Jewish people emerged from the train they screamed in a hysterical way.
Brutal • Adjective • Savage or cruel ; inhuman • The Gestapo brutally forced Ellie and his family into the ghetto.
Weariness • Adjective • Physically or mentally exhausted • The girl’s weariness made her fail her final exam for History.
Oblivion • Noun • Completely forgotten or unknown • Ellie felt like he was in a state of oblivion when the train pulled into Auschwitz.
Kapo • Noun • A prisoner who WORKED in the Nazi death camp. Given privileges. • Usually convicts- brutal to Jewish prisoners. • When Ellie got to his bunk house, he met the Kapo that would be supervising him.