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Vocab for Night
and The Diary of Anne Frak
Question | Answer | Examples |
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Anti Semitism | discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews. Noun | Antisemitism was a big part in Hitlers Nazi-ism |
Appalled | to fill or overcome with horror, consternation, or fear. Verb | Miss H was appalled when she finally conquered her fear of touching a snake |
Concentration camp | a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc. Noun | Hitler organized the most known concentration camp named Auschwitz Birkenau |
Disgruntled | displeased and discontented. Adjective | Members from the fishing contest were disgruntled when Jake scared away all the fish when he got bored |
Emigrated | to leave one country or region to settle in another. Verb | Donald Trump hates people who emigrated illegally to the United States |
Gestapo | the German state secret police during the Nazi regime in World war II Noun | The gestapo were known for their cruel ways of settling things |
Inarticulate | lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech Adjective | Lauren Royal's voice was inarticulate during the Ted talk on the cell theory |
Intolerable | unendurable; insufferable Adjective | John's mother would always tell him that he was intolerable as a child |
Indignantly | feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base Adjective | Bob indignantly rejected the job offer from Taco bell |
Latkes | A pancake, especially one made of grated potato. noun | I can remember my mothers latkes from when I was little |
Mercurial | changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic adjective | Tony's mercurial actions would always shock people |
Ostentatiously | characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others adjective | Elie's father has never been known for ostentatiously dressing |
Pandemonium | wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos noun | A quick pandemonium broke out in the prison yard |
Pogrom | an organized massacre noun | Hitler had a pogrom that killed more than 6 million Jews |
Rabbi | a Jewish scholar qualified to rule on questions of Jewish law noun | Rabbi |
Ration | a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage noun | The monkeys ration their food over the weekends |
Remorse | deep and painful regret for wrongdoing noun | Elie felt great remorse when he watched his father beaten |
Genocide | the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group. noun | The massive genocide that took place in world war II was caused by Hitlers belief in Nazi-ism |