Chapter 6 vocabulary

1. faltering: To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence
2. automatons:acting of one’s own will
3. midst: the interior or central part or point
4. famished:extremely hungry
5. parched: Dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
6. indeterminate: not definitely or precisely determined or fixed
7. illusion:An erroneous perception of reality. An erroneous concept or belief
8. condemned: To express strong disapproval of: condemned the needless waste of food
9. withered:
10. petrified: To convert (wood or other organic matter) into a stony replica by petrifaction
11. distress: To cause strain, anxiety, or suffering to
    
12. privation: Lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life. The condition resulting from such lack
13. staggering: to walk, move, or stand unsteadily
14. encumbrance: an onerous or difficult concern
15. semblance: An outward or token appearance
16. jostled:To make one's way by pushing or elbowing
17. bereaved: to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death
18. rabbi:honorary title of the Jewish masters of the Law