Farewell to Manzanar Flashcards by Hollis Cromwell

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Barracks/Noun

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Buildings to hold up laborer or prisoners

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Conjuries/Verb

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Calling up.

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Compound/Noun

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Detention camp.

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Infamy/Infamous/Noun

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Being well known for something bad or terrible.

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Propaganda/Noun

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Misleading information to promote one’s POV.

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Memoir/Noun

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Knowledge, or special circumstances.

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Bias/Verb

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Prejudice in favor, or against one side.

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Internment/Noun

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Being held as prisoner.

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Interrogate/Verb

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Questioning for a long time.(for an official reason).

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Detain/Verb

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To hold or keep.(for a crime).

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Communal/Adjective

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Shared by all members

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Derision/Noun

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A joke, taunt, mockery.

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Brooding/Adjective

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Appear dark, scary

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Pacify/Verb

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Bring peace

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Vulgar/Adjective

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Offensive/rude

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Tirade/Noun

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long and angry speech.

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Lore/Noun

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Knowledge and traditions

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Insecurity/Noun

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Lack of confidence in oneself

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Rescind/Verb

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To take back/cancel

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Assimilate/Verb

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To take in new information

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Grotesque/Adjective

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Absolutely disgusting

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Deprive/Verb

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To deny someone the use of something

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Prevail/Verb

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Victorious, succeed.