4/2/15 Flashcards
Sheik (slang)
A man held to be masterful and irresistibly charming to women
Cataract
An abnormality of the eye, characterized by opacity of the lens
Communism
A system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single political party
Tenant
Someone who rents an apartment or a room from a landlord
Anti-Semitic
Being prejudiced against Jews
Sanitarium
An institution for rest and recuperation or a mental hospital
Pogram
An organized massacre, especially of Jews
Annexed
Attached to; incorporated into a larger body
Gestapo
The secret police an abbreviation of “Geheime staatspoliezi” the ss
Protectorate
Land controlled by German government
Reich
Land annexed to Germany, later meaning the Nazi regime
Wehrmacht
The German armed forces
Bar Mitzvah
A ceremony to admit an adult member of the Jewish community a Jewish boy of 13 years of age
Schlepped
Yiddish for carried or moved in a trudged fashion
Liquidate
To put an end to; to abolish; to kill
