Night Chapter 8 and 9 vocab

upheaval

(n.) a sudden, violent upward movement; great disorder or radical change

delirious

Extreme mental confusion or excitement

gratitude

a feeling of thankfulness and appreciation

assembly

a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose

invalid

a person made weak or disabled by illness or injury

inmate

a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

corpse

dead body

dysentery

disorder that involves inflammation of the intestine associated with diarrhea and abdominal pain

spasmodically

in spurts and fits

resistance

the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with

liquidate

to pay a debt, settle an account; to eliminate

innumerable

too many to count