In My Hands Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ungainly | not graceful, awkward |
| aloft | high up, in or into the air |
| incendiary | used or adpated for setting property on fire |
| exiles | people banished or separated from their native land |
| caricature | an imitation so disorted as to be ludicrous or ridiculous |
| magistrate | a civil officer charged with the administration of law |
| subversive | intended to undermine or overthrow the government |
| partisans | a member of a group that has taken up armed resistance against enemy forces |
| conspicuously | easily or clearly visible ; attracting attention |
| repatriated | sent back to the country where one was born |
| indignities | injuries to a person's pride or self |
| preposterous | going very much against what is thought to be sensible |
| reprisals | violent military actions carried out in retaliation for an enemy's actions |
| denunciation | accusation or condemnation of someone |
| benediction | a prayer asking God's blessing |
| anemic | lacking vitality, having some form of anemia |
| malevolence | desire to harm others |
| rebukes | criticizes or reprimands somebody, usually sharply |
| sacrilege | the violation or desecration or theft of something holy |
| veneration | a felling of great respect or reverence for someone |
| trepidation | a fear or uneasiness about the future or a future event |
| Aryan | in Nazi ideology, a Caucasian at non-Semitic descent regard as racially superior |
| coddling | to treat tenderly or indulgently |
| petulantly | in an ill-tempered or sulky ; in a peevish manner |
| lascivious | showing a desire for, or unseemly interest in sex |
| pogrom | a planned campaign of persecution or extermination sanctioned by a government and directed against an ethnic group, especially against the Jews |
| larder | a cool room or large cupboard used for storing food |
| amorous | showing or feeling romantic love or sexual attraction |
| chagrined | frustrated or embarrassed because of disappointment |
| haughtily | behaving in a superior or arrogant way |
| gallows | a wooden frame within a crossbeam from which a noose hangs used to hang people |
| penitence | regret or sorrow for having committed sins or misdeeds |
| dejected | showing or feeling sadness or a lack of hope |
| rudimentary | existing at an elementary level |
| delegation | a group of people chosen to represent or act on behalf of others |
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