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23 Cards in this Set
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epidemic
"The camp looked as though it had suffered an epidemic: empty and dead" (35). |
widespread |
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disinterested
"(Actually this was not disinterested affection: there was a considerable traffic in children among homosexuals here..." (35). |
not interested; indifferent |
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quarantine
"'You're staying here three days in quarantine" (35). |
strict isolation |
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bespectacled
"...Juliek, a bespectacled Pole with a cynical smile on his pale face..." (36). |
wearing eyeglasses |
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innumerable
"Having once belonged to a Zionist youth organization, they knew innumerable Hebrew chants" (37). |
incapable of being counted |
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numerology
"Akiba Drumer had discovered a verse in the Bible which, interpreted in terms of numerology, enable him to predict that the deliverance was due within the coming weeks" (37). |
study of numbers |
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deliverance
"Akiba Drumer had discovered a verse in the Bible which, interpreted in terms of numerology, enable him to predict that the deliverance was due within the coming weeks" (37).
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salvation; liberation |
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indifferently
"'Simply take out the gold crown,' he replied, indifferently" (38). |
without interest or concern; apathetic |
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reprieve
"He was probably glad to see that I had come back of my own accord, as I had promised. He gave me another reprieve" (38). |
temporary relief |
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traffic
"(Actually this was not disinterested affection: there was a considerable traffic in children among homosexuals here..." (35). |
trade; buying and selling |
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inadequate
"But my father's progress was still inadequate, and blows continued to rain down on him (41). |
not sufficient; unsuitable |
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fortnight
"A fortnight later, all the Poles were transferred to another camp" (41). |
two weeks |
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conscious
"Two more, I thought, half conscious. The Kapo waited" (42). |
aware; awake |
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refuge
"The leaders of the block ran to assemble us inside, while the SS took refuge in the shelters" (43). |
shelter; protection; safety |
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cauldrons
"Near the kitchen, two cauldrons of steaming hot soup had been left, half full" (43). |
large kettle or boiler |
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writhed
"We jumped at the explosion. Falling back onto the ground, his face stained with soup, the man writhed for a few seconds at the foot of the cauldron, then he moved no more" (44). |
to twist about in pain |
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smoke-laden
"We filled our lungs with the fire- and smoke-laden air..." (44). |
loaded down with smoke |
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gallows
"...we noticed in the center of the camp, at the assembly place, a black gallows" (45). |
wooden frame from which people executed by hanging |
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manacled
"His manacled hands did not tremble" (45). |
shackled; handcuffed; restrained |
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pipel
"He had a young boy under him, a pipe, as they were called--a child with a refined and beautiful face..." (46). |
handsome child who gains privileges by having a relationship with an older prisoner with some authority |
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sabotage
"...the electric power station at Buna was blown up. The Gestapo, summoned to the spot, suspected sabotage" (46). |
to undermine a cause; to injure or attack |
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preoccupied
"The SS seemed more preoccupied, more disturbed than usual" (47). |
absorbed in thought |
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raucous
"'Bare your heads!' yelled the head of the camp. His voice was raucous. We were weeping" (47). |
harsh; rowdy; disorderly |
