Night Vocab Review

Review Holocaust Vocabulary
Let’s go over the twenty new words and two idioms you studied during the week.
In the following quiz, match the best possible definition with the word you have studied. Write the letter that stands for that definition in the appropriate answer space.
Review Words Definitions

___1. waif a. a homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child
___2. firmament b. weighed down with a load; heavy
___ 3. anti-Semitic c. (1) lack of feeling, emotion; (2) lack of interest or concern
___4. bombardment d. devout; having or exhibiting religious reverence
___5. betrothed e. (1)Lying face down (2) overcome
___6. Fascism f. a short account of an interesting or humorous incident
___7. billet g. one who discriminates against or who is prejudiced against Jews
___8. laden h. temporary relief, as from danger or pain
___9. anecdotes i. (1) wild in appearance; (2) having a worn, emaciated appearance
___10. treatise j. a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism.
___11. haggard k. This is the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. This is considered to be the day in which every individual is judged by God.
___12. truncheons l. An eight-day festival commemorating the freeing of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage.
___ 13. pious m. (1) to attack with bombs, shells, or missiles; (2) to assail persistently,
___14. apathy n. Enforced isolation imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
___15. robust o. to promise to marry
___16. prostrate p. Next in importance to the Hebrew Bible, it is a collection of teachings of early rabbis from the 5th and 6th centuries.
___17. reprieve q. The primary source in the Jewish religion is the Hebrew Bible, consisting of twenty-four books divided up into three sections.
___18. livid r. Hasidic Jews also read this mystical commentary on the Torah.
___19. quarantine s. Shriveled or dried up; withered
___ 20. wizened t. the vault or expanse of the heavens; the sky
___21. Torah u. a small club, similar to a police baton
___22. Talmud v. a systematic, usually extensive written discourse on a subject
___23. Cabbala w. Marks the new year of the Jewish calendar.
___24. Rosh Hashanah x. full of health and strength; vigorous (2) rough or crude
___25. Yom Kippur y. lodging for troops
___26. Passover z. Discolored, as from a bruise; black-and-blue. (2)Extremely angry

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