| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Conflagration | big, destructive fire N |
| Surreptitiously | done by secretive means ADJ |
| Anti-Semitic | hating or discriminating against Jewish people ADJ |
| Waiflike | somebody, usually a young person, with a thin fragile appearance who looks needy ADJ |
| Annihilate | to destroy completely V |
| liquidated | to fully dispose V |
| penury | extreme poverty N |
| anecdotes | short entertaining tales |
| phylacteries | small leather boxes containing Hebrew text for Jewish men to observe their religion. N |
| billeted | non-military lodging for solders V |
| treaties | a written work dealing formally w/ a subject N |
| edicts | an official order by an authority N |
| lethal | deadly ADJ |
| prominent | important or well known ADJ |
| rescinded | revoked, canceled, or repealed V |
| preoccupied | absorbed in thought ADJ |
| fascist | A person who follows a supreme dictator N or ADJ |
| sublime | extreme astounding ADJ |
| constraints | limitations N |
| hermetically | complete and airtight ADV |
| wielding | hold and use, like a tool or weapon V |
| invectives | abusive, insulting language N |
| monocle | a single eyepiece N |
| paternal | related to the father ADJ |
| exalted | held in high regard or high status V or ADJ |
| sanctified | declared holy V or ADJ |
| vigor | active strength or force N |
| redemption | being saved from sin or error N |
| oblivion | being unaware or clueless about what is happening N |
| colossus | huge; beyond life size N |
| ascertain | to make sure of V |
| camaraderie | good fellowship N |
| ration | a fixed amount of a commodity officaially designated to each person usually during wartime N |
| altruistic | selflessness, thinking of others before yourself ADJ |
| quarantine | isolation from people or animals to prevent spreading disease. |
| imprudent | Not caring about the result of a decision. ADJ |
| gallows | a wooden structure used to hang people. N |
| affirm | State in a fact like way. V |
| disheveled | Untidy ADJ |
| indifferent | Having no interest or caring ADJ |
| dysentery | an infection causing severe diarrhea. N |
| unprecedented | Never having happened before. Adj |
| liberated | to set free. ADJ |
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