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36 Cards in this Set
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Farce |
A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations |
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AntiSemitism |
hostility toward or prejudice against Jews |
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Appease |
cause to subside, satisfy |
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vigilance |
watchfulness |
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Talmud |
collection of ancient Jewish writings that is the basis for Orthodox Judaism |
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annihilate |
to cause to cease to exist |
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perilous |
seriously and immediately dangerous |
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Atonement |
apology or compensation for an insult or injury |
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unremmitting |
incessant, never-ending, never letting up |
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Visionary |
dreamy |
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lucidity |
mentally sane |
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Collosus |
something that is extremely large |
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Pious |
devoutly religious |
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Contagion |
contagious or corrupting influence |
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Vitality |
liveliness, animation |
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Expound |
to explain in detail |
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inert |
inactive, unmoving |
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Summarily |
promptly, without delay |
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Waiflike |
thin, almost disappearing |
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Elude |
Avoid |
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Stupefy |
make groggy |
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Notorious |
well-known in an unfavorable way |
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Prostrate |
to stretch out with one's face on the ground as a sign of submission |
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Balm |
soothing substance |
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genocide |
mass extermination of people because of their race, nationality, or religion |
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Anecdote |
a short story |
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Monochrome |
an image in various shades of a single |
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Kabbalah |
a body of mystical teachings, based on on rare interpretations of HebrewScriptures |
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Voracious |
having or marked by an insatiable appetite for an activity, greedy |
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Semblance |
resemblance to; appearance of |
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Embarkation |
boarding |
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Oppression |
treat cruelly |
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Deport |
forcibly remove to another country |
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Hallucination |
experience things that are not really happening |
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Convalescent |
resting in order to recover from an illness |
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Night |
Night |
