| A | B |
|---|
| surname | a family name |
| encumbered | hindered; restricted |
| insignificant | trivial; not important |
| profoundly | absolutely; in an unqualified way |
| deportees | people who are expelled from a country |
| emigration | leaving one area to settle in another |
| treatise | written discussion of a topic |
| anecdotes | short humorous stories |
| melancholy | sadness; depression |
| deprive | to take something away from |
| bereaved | left alone by death |
| apathy | lack of emotion or feeling |
| livid | ashen; pallid |
| dregs | the least desirable portions |
| vitality | vigor; energy |
| “at the end of one’s tether” | the limit of one's resources or endurance |
| contagion | harmful influence |
| plaintive | expressing sorrow |
| recesses | remote secret places |
| convoy | a group of vehicles traveling together |
| frenzy | violent mental agitation or wild excitement |
| torment | to cause physical pain or mental anguish |
| thrash | beat; hit |
| latter | second of two |
| raucous | boisterous and disorderly |
| sabotage | treacherous action to defeat a cause |
| lamentation | grief; mourning |
| void | emptiness |
| emaciated | made thin due to starvation |
| elapsed | passed |
| feeble | lacking strength |
| evacuation | withdrawing troops or civilians |
| relentlessly | steadily; persistently |
| constraint | restrictions |
| provisions | necessary supplies |
| hermetically | sealed against the entry or escape of air |
| pestilential | likely to cause an epidemic disease |
| notorious | known widely and unfavorably; infamous |
| devoid | completely lacking or empty |
| monocle | an eyeglass for one eye |
| lucidity | clear understanding |
| convalescent | returning to health after an illness |
| blandishments | flattering words |
