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Rifka Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Rucksack | Backpack |
Precaution | being careful beforehand |
Hastened | hurried |
Herring | stinky fish |
Shalom | hello, goodbye, or peace in Yiddish |
Hesitate | to pause or wait |
Vile | disgusting |
Fumigation | to rid of germs using spray |
Cossacks | Russian soldiers |
Fretted | worried |
Commotion | noisy excitement |
Frenzied | crazed |
Etched | to carve in wood, glass, or metal |
Tallis | prayer shawl |
Mitvah | a Jewish ceremony where one becomes an adult |
Convent | a place in the Catholic church where nuns live |
Cabaret | a small theater providing some kind of food and entertainment |
Czarina | Russian word for "little princess" |
Tempest | a storm at sea |
Pogrom | angry mob |
Plummeted | to drop or fall |
Simpleton | someone whose intelligence is lower than their age |