The Fixer Vocabulary

Question 0

Matzo

Answer 0

unleavened bread in the form of large crackem, typically squre and corrugated, eaten by Jews during Passover

Question 1

Verst

Answer 1

a Russian measure of disance equivalent to 3500 feet or 0.6629 mile

Question 2

Pogrom

Answer 2

an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe

Question 3

shtetl

Answer 3

A small Jewish town or village formerly found in Eastern Europe

Question 4

rheumy

Answer 4

A watery or thin mucous discharge from the eyes or nose

Question 5

Cafan

Answer 5

A full-length garment with ebow-length or long sleeves chiefly inextem wom Mediterranean countries.

Question 6

Dowry

Answer 6

money or property that a wife oe wife’s family gives to her husband when the wife and husband marry in some cultures

Question 7

Kaddish

Answer 7

an ancient Jewish prayer sequence regularly recited in the synagogue service, including thanksgiving and praise and concluding with a prayer for universal peace.

Question 8

Torah

Answer 8

In its narrowest sense, Torah the first five books of the Bible: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy

Question 9

Talmud

Answer 9

The collection of ancient Rabbinic writings consisting of the Mishnah and the Gemara, constituting the basis of religious authority in Orthodox Judaism

Question 10

Conscripted

Answer 10

to draft for military or naval

service

Question 11

Rubles

Answer 11

the basic monetary unit of Russia and some other former republics of the Soviet Union, equal to 100 kopeks

Question 12

Cholera

Answer 12

an infectious and often fatal bacterial disease of the small intestine, typically contracted from infected water supplies and causing severe vomiting and diarrhea

Question 13

Kopek

Answer 13

a monetary unit of Russia and some other countries of the former Soviet Union, equal to one hundredth of a ruble

Question 14

Goy

Answer 14

Non-jewish

Question 15

Anti-semite

Answer 15

a person who discriminates against or is prejudiced or hostile toward Jews.

Question 16

Shnorrer

Answer 16

a beggar or scrounger a layabout

Question 17

Tethered

Answer 17

a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.

Question 18

Meshummed

Answer 18

Becoming a Christian would mean being Meshummed traitor

Question 19

A Steppe

Answer 19

a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeatem Europe or Siberia.

Question 20

The Pale

Answer 20

an area within determined bounds, or subiect to a particular jurisdiction

Question 21

Catacombs

Answer 21

an underground cemetery consisting of a su bterranean gallery with recesses for tombs, as constructed by the ancient Romans.

Question 22

Kiosk

Answer 22

a small open-fronted hut or le from which newspapers, refreshments, tickets, etc., are sold.

Question 23

Calcimined

Answer 23

whitewash, or white with zinc oxide or other pigments added, formerly used as a coata plaster walls and ceilings Idiosyncratic for relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual.

Question 24

Melancholia

Answer 24

a mental condition and especially a manic-depressive condition characterized by extreme depression, bodily complaint, and often hallucinations and delusions.

Question 25

Disconsolately

Answer 25

characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless: gloomy: disconsolate

Question 26

Pro-consumption

Answer 26

a wasting disease, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.

Question 27

Frugality

Answer 27

The quality of being economical with money or food: thrifines.

Question 28

Phylacteries

Answer 28

A small leather box contaning Hebrew texts on vellum. wom by Jewish men at moming pra a reminder to keep the law.

Question 29

Hasid

Answer 29

a member of a strictly orthodox Jewish sect