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47 Cards in this Set
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Hasidic
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a member of a Jewish sect founded in Poland.
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synagogue
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a Jewish house of worship, often having facilities for religious instruction.
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cabbala
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rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures
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talmud
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law and tradition
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gestapo
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German state secret police during the Nazi regime,
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rabbi
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chief religious official of a synagogue
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diplomacy
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the art or science of conducting negotiations without arousing hostility.
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Zionism
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a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel.
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Fascist
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extreme racial hate
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Billeted
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lodging for a soldier in a private home
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ghetto
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a thickly populated slum area
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treatise
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formal and systematic exposition in writing
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anecdotes
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A short account of an interesting or humorous incident
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deportation
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the lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state
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hermetically
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so as to be airtight
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pious
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reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
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pestilential
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harmful
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abominable
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repugnantly hateful
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truncheons
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A short stick carried by police
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hysterical
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uncontrollably emotional
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incite
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to stir, encourage, or urge on
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notorious
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widely and unfavorably known
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monocle
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an eyeglass for one eye.
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paternal
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characteristic of or befitting a father
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crematory
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a furnace for cremating
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lorry
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a motor truck
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humanity
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human nature.
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bestail
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the form of a beast
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lucidity
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easily understood
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harangue
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a long, passionate speech
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colic
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pain in the abdomen
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reverie
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a daydream.
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base
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foundation
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massiah
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the promised, expected deliverer of jewish people
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hooligan
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hoodlum
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bouts
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a contest between antagonists
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sancity
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godliness
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queue
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file or line
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aryan
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caucasian
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refuge
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protection from danger
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imperceptibly
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gradual
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gallows
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execution by hanging
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raucous
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harsh
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lamentation
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expressing greif
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emaciated
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to make abnormally lean or skinny by grdual wasting away of flesh
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prophecies
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prediction of what is to come
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annihilate
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to wipe out
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