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Night Book Vocabulary Words Flashcards

1
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The state of being very poor; extreme poverty

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Penury

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Belief that union with God may be attained through contemplation and self-surrender

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Mysticism

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A building in which Jews meet for religious worship or instruction

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Synagogue

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4
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A god or goddess

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Divinity

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5
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Refers to very traditional and strict Jewish beliefs

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Hasidic

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A ceremonial officer of a church, college, or similar institution

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Beadle

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7
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Refers to the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible

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Kabbalah

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8
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The primary source of Jewish religious law

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Talmud

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9
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The chief text of the Jewish Kabbalah

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Zohar

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The German state secret police during the Nazi regime, famous for its brutal methods

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Gestapo

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11
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Producing an overwhelming sense of awe or other high emotion through being vast or grand

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Sublime

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12
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An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority

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Edict

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13
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Formally forbid (something) by law, rule, or other authority

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Prohibit

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14
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An official order that has the force of law

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Decree

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A part of a city, especially a slum area, occupied by a minority group or groups

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Ghetto

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16
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Secret

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Surreptitious

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17
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The major Jewish spring festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery, lasting seven or eight days

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Passover

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A Jewish scholar or teacher, especially one who studies or teaches Jewish law

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Rabbi

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19
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The army of the Soviet Union

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Red Army

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20
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A major Jewish festival held fifty days after the second day of Passover. It was originally a harvest festival

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Shavuot

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21
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A small leather box containing Hebrew texts, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the laws

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Phylacteries

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22
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A very severe Catholic Church court established in 1478 and directed originally against converts from Judaism and Islam but later also against Protestants

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Spanish Inquistion

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23
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The Babylonian captivity (or Babylonian exile) is the period in Jewish history during which a number of Jews of the ancient Kingdom of Judah were captives in Babylonia

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Captivity in Babylon

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24
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The act of constraining or holding back; not able to be relaxed

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Inhibitions

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25
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In a way that can never be reversed, undone, or canceled

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Irrevocably

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26
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Airtight

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Hermetically

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27
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Having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations

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Pious

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A deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm

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Abyss

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29
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Of, relating to, or causing death

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Lethal

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30
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Widely and unfavorably known

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Notorious

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31
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An eyeglass for one eye

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Monocle

32
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To make holy, set apart as sacred; consecrate

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Sanctify

33
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A profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom

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Sage

34
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The quality of being easily understood, completely intelligible, or comprehensible

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Lucidity

35
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A statue of gigantic size and proportions

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Colossus

36
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recover health and strength after illness

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Convalescent

37
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A crematory

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Crematorium

38
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A spirit of trust and goodwill among people closely associated in an activity or endeavor

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Camaraderie

39
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A concentration camp prisoner who cooperated with the Nazis to act as as a police officer inside the camp

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Kapo

40
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Unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

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Altruistic

41
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A small amount or share

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Pittance

42
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Incapable of being defended

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Untenable

43
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Shelter or protection from danger

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Refuge

44
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Capable of being believed

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Credible

45
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A wooden frame where condemned persons are executed by hanging

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Gallows

46
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A shackle for the hand; handcuff

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Manacle

47
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An area of the Middle East governed by Britain under a League of Nations mandate from 1920 to 1948. In 1947, the newly formed United Nations accepted the idea to partition Palestine into a zone for the Jews (Israel) and a zone for the Arabs (Palestine)

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Palestine

48
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A large city in Palestine, later in Northern Israel

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Haifa

49
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The quality or state of being impressive or awesome

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Grandeur

50
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Satisfaction or reparation for a wrong or injury

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Atonement

51
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Being abnormally thin from lack of nutrition or disease

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Emancipated

52
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Something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity

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Incentive

53
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A place to care for the sick; facility serving as a hospital

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Infirmary

54
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Without exceptions or conditions; absolute

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Categorical

55
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To reduce to utter ruin or nonexistence

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Annihilate

56
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The sound made by a bell rung slowly

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Knell

57
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The Jewish New Year festival, held in September

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Rosh Hashanah

58
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A block leader in the concentration camp

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Blockaleste

59
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Divine judgement by God was passed upon the city of Sodom, which was completely consumed by fire and brimstone

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Sodom

60
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Day of Atonement, holiest day of the year for the Jewish people

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Yom Kippur

61
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Means attention in German

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Achtung

62
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To hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent

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Falter

63
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A mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot

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Automations

64
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To bump, push, shove, brush against

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Jostle

65
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Expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful

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Plaintive

66
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A sense or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement

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Apathy

67
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Burdened; loaded down

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Laden

68
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Solid particles that tend to settle at the bottom of some liquids

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Dregs

69
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Exuberant physical strength or mental vigor

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Vitality

70
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A heavy hammer, as for driving stakes or wedges

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Maul

71
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To feel or express sorrow or regret

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Lament

72
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Physically or mentally exhausted by hard work

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Weary

73
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To be of use or value to; profit

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Avail

74
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A layer; lever; stratum

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Tier

75
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A large kettle or boiler

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Cauldron

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