3/26/13 and up Flashcards
(78 cards)
Befouled
to make dirty, soil
Obscene
offensive to accepted standards of decency
Torrid
Hot
Multitudinous
very numerous, existing in great numbers
propitrate
to win or regain favor of god
Vitality
mental vigor, physical strength
Trunculent
quick to argue or fight
inscrutable
impossible to understand
cessation
end, pause or interrupt
parry
to ward of a weapon
Jeer
Make rude and mocking remarks
antiphonal
alternative singing by 2 choirs
ululation
to howl, wail
crepitating
to make a crackling or poping sound
Hasidic
a Jewish sect of mystics who believe in a joyful worship of god
synagogue
a building used by Jewish people for religious study
cabbala
an Jewish Philosophy based on a mystical interpretation of the script
Talmund
a book of detailed expositions
Gestapo
secret police force of the Nazi
larnies
trucks
rabbi
a scholar and teacher of Jewish law
Zionism
formerly a movement for reestablishing of a Jewish state
emigration
the act of leaving once country or region
billet
to lodge, to house