| Term | Definition |
| Ethnicity | A social division based on national origin, religion, lanuage, and often race. |
| Sarajevo | The capital city of Bosnia |
| Conventional | Common, customary, unexceptional |
| Abstract | Existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or practical existence |
| Carnage | The savage and excessive killing of many people |
| Incessant | Continuous. Non-stopping. |
| Reminisce | To recall one's past thoughts, feelings, or experiences |
| Relentless | Continuous. Non-stopping. Merciless. |
| Mundane | Concerned with the world or worldly matters |
| Muslim | Follower of Islam |
| Compulsory | Required by rule |
| Cosmopolitan | Sophisticated, global, international, polished |
| Vulnerable | Susceptible to physical or emotional injury or ruin |
| Primal | Animal-like; primeval |
| Esteem | The condition of being honored |
| Eradicate | Destroy completely, as if down to the roots |
| Dilemma | A situation requiring a choice between two unsatisfactory options |