| Term | Definition |
| holocaust | the Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler |
| genocide | The killing of people from the same race, political group, or group. |
| meager | Poor in quality or insufficient in amount. |
| emaciated | thin and wasted (from hunger or illness) |
| din | a loud harsh or strident noise |
| avidly | eagerly; enthusiastically; passionately |
| alien | strange; foreign; exotic |
| conviction | an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence |
| en route | on the way |
| articulate | express or state clearly |
| contemptuous | feeling hatred; scornful; despising |
| ostentatious | intended to attract notice and impress others |
| prodigious | 1) impressively huge, enormous; 2) extraordinary, marvelous |
| tendered | to offer something to someone |
| loafer | an idle, lazy person |
| pen name | a name used in place of a writer's real name 35 |