 | Term | Definition |
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alien |
foreigner |
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ransacking |
to search thoroughly |
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saboteur |
someone who aids an enemy or destroys |
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confiscators |
somone who seizes by authority |
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sinister |
evil; wicked |
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futile |
useless |
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dignity |
self respect; worthiness |
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fruitless |
useless, not productive |
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internment |
imprisonment |
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patriarch |
father or male leader |
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hostility |
unfriendliness |
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subordinate |
inferior |
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wasteland |
useless piece of land that cannot be used for farming |
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filial |
of a family |
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aggravated |
to intensify |
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accelerated |
to speed up |
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intangible |
can't be touched |
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tolerance |
putting up with |
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alleviate |
to lessen |
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promenade |
place to walk |
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afflictions |
condition of great distress or suffering |
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samurai |
Japanese warriors |
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emigrate |
to go out of the country |
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perilously |
dangerously |
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Inu |
dog; informer |
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pacify |
to make peace, to give in |
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Issei |
Japanese-Japanese |
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oblivion |
in a state of forgetfulness |
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Nisei |
Japanese-Americans |
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repatriation |
the sending of a person back to the country of citizenship |
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hostility |
unfriendliness in an aggressive manner |
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congestion |
crowding |
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habitable |
able to live in comfortably |
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sustenance |
means of supporting life |
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subdued |
calm |
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resigned |
giving up/giving in |
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subsided |
diminished, lessened |
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submerged |
to go under |
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invulnerable |
cannot be attacked |
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posthumous |
after death |
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habeus corpus |
to be imprisoned without charge |
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rescinded |
canceled |
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inaccessible |
not able to reach or understand |
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lethargy |
laziness |
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assented |
agreed |
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capitulate |
to surrender unconditionally |
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assertive |
confidentially self assured |
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obstinance |
stuborness |
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authentic |
genuine; real |
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inaudible |
can't be heard |
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obelisk |
tall, four sided shaft of stone |
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pilgrimage |
spiritual journey |
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