Wednesday wars vocab Flashcards
(25 cards)
move along slowly, typically in a small irregular group, so as to remain some distance behind the person or people in front.
Straggling
showing a casual and cheerful indifference considered improper
Blithe
a toilet or outhouse, especially a communal one in a camp or barracks
Latrine
a skullcap worn in public by Orthodox Jewish men or during prayer by other Jewish men.
Yarmulka
people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country
Refugees
The furthest point or limit of something
Extremity
A person who commits arson (setting property on fire)
Arsonist
Jewish ceremony that marks a boy’s transition into adulthood
Bar Mitzvah
The cops sits to gain an accurate understanding of a person or thing
Insight
Follow a winding course
Meandered
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially capital punishment or (formerly) slavery
Abolitionist
force (something unwelcome or unfamiliar) to be accepted or put in place
Impose
A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause
Melancholy
A gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces
Incense
Gather together or acquire an increasing number or quantity of
Accumulated
Pulled or twisted out of shape; contorted
Distorted
is a committed member of a political party
Partisan
characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed
Humane
look carefully and thoroughly at (someone or something)
Surveying
move lightly and quickly or hurriedly
Skittered
chiefly of emotions) complete and unreserved
Unalloyed
without suffering any injury, damage, or harm
Unscathed
the unfair treatment of people based on their perceived or actual membership in a group or category
Discrimination
a person supposed to be able to foresee the future
Soothsayer
