Voc. Words From The Book Knight

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a member of a sect founded in Poland in the 18th century emphasis on mysticism, prayer, ritual strictness, religious zeal, and joy.

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Hasidic

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a Jewish house of worship,

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synagogue

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a system of esoteric theosophy and theory developed by rabbis,

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cabbala

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the collection of Jewish law and tradition

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Talmud

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the German state secret police during the Nazi regime,

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Gestapo

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chief religious official of a synagogue

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rabbi

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the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations.

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diplomacy

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a worldwide Jewish movement that resulted in the establishment and development of the state of Israel.

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zionism

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a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

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Fascist

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To bind or decorate with or as if with a fillet.

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filleted

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a section of a city, esp. a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships.

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ghetto

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a formal and systematic exposition in writing of the principles of a subject, generally longer and more detailed than an essay.

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treatise

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A short account of an interesting or humorous incident

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anecdotes

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the lawful expulsion of an undesired alien or other person from a state.

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deportation

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Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air.

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hermetically

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having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations

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pious

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a deadly or virulent epidemic disease

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pestilential

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repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome

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abominable

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A short stick carried by police; a billy club

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truncheons

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irrational from fear, emotion, or an emotional shock

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hysterical

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stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action

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incite

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widely and unfavorably known

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notorious

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an eyeglass for one eye

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monocle

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characteristic of or befitting a father

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paternal

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a furnace for cremating

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crematory

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a motor truck, esp. a large one.

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lorry

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all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind

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humanity

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without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman

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bestial

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easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible

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lucidity

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a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack;

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harangued

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paroxysmal pain in the abdomen or bowels

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colic

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a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing

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reverie

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the bottom support of anything; that on which a thing stands or rests

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base

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promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

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Messiah

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a ruffian or hoodlum

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hooligan

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A contest between antagonists; a match

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bouts

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holiness, saintliness, or godliness

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sanctity

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a file or line, esp. of people waiting their turn

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queue

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A member or descendant of the prehistoric people who spoke Indo-European

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Aryan

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shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc

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refuge

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very slight, gradual, or subtle

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imperceptibly

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on which condemned persons are executed by hanging.

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gallows

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harsh; strident; grating

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raucous

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an expression of grief or sorrow

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lamentation

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to make abnormally lean or thin by a gradual wasting away of flesh

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emaciated

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the foretelling or prediction of what is to come.

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prophecies

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reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence; destroy utterly

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annihilate

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a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot

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automatons

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to deprive and make desolate, esp. by death

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bereaved

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something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance

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encumbrance

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outward aspect or appearance

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semblance

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absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement

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apathy

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to bring to a state of peace, quiet, ease, calm, or contentment;

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appeasing

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anything presented to the sight or view, esp. something of a striking or impressive kind

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spectacle

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lack of interest or concern

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indifference

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a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain, etc

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grimace

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the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact

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contagion

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a small hill

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hillock

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expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful

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plaintive

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to implore urgently

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beseeching

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Incapacitated by illness or injury

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invalids

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a sudden, abnormal, involuntary muscular contraction, consisting of a continued muscular contraction (tonic spasm) or of a series of alternating muscular contractions and relaxations (clonic spasm)

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spasmodically

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not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing

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idleness

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the act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding

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resistance