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English I - Lit.
"Night" Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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deportation | removal of an alien from a country |
ghetto | a quarter of a city where a minority group is forced to live |
Talmud | authoritative body of Jewish tradition |
beadle | a minor parish official |
Boche | slang term for a German |
optimistic | looking at something for the best possible outcome |
melancholy | severe depression; great sadness |
truncheon | a policeman's billy club |
lorry | an open truck or wagon without sides |
remorse | a sense of guilt or distress for past wrongs |
Kommando | the personnel, area, or unit under a commander; a command |
anguish | to suffer intense pain or sorrow |
defiance | an act of challenge to an authority |
submission | an act of yielding or giving in to an authority |
credible | reasonable grounds for being believed |
writhed | twisted and turned |
delude | to mislead the mind or judgment |
annihilate | to destroy completely |
infirmary | place where the sick are lodged for treatment |
emaciated | very thin and feeble; starved appearance |