Night Vocabulary

Deportees : Those being expelled from a country

Constraints : Restrictions

Bereaved : Left alone by death

Anecdotes : Short, humorous stories

Livid: Ashen; pallid

Monocle: An eyeglass for one eye

Feeble: Lacking strength

Vitality: Vigor; energy

Emaciated: Made thin due to starvation

Melancholy: Sadness; depression

Dregs: The least desirable portions

Lucidity: Clear understanding

Convoy: A group of vehicles traveling together

Lamentation: Grief; mourning

Devoid: Completely lacking or empty

Convalescent : Returning to health after an illness

Apathy: Lack of emotion or feeling

Blandishments: Coaxing by flattery

Tether: The limit of one's resources or endurance

Contagion: A harmful influence

Recesses: Remote, secret places

Plaintive: Expressing sorrow

Raucous: Boisterous; loud

Provision: Necessary supplies such as food

Pestilential: Likely to cause an epidemic disease

Hermetically: Sealed against entry/escape of air

Surname: A family name

Emigration: Leaving one area to settle in another