Eastern Explosion Flashcards

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Immigrant

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People who move from their home country to another country.

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Tenement

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Poorly built, overcrowded apartment buildings.

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Brazen

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Bold

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Teem

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Crowd

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Tempest

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Violent storm

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Lament

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Be sorrowful

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Lofty

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High up

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Pogroms

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Jewish persecutors

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Anti-Semitism

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Anti jews

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Fervent

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Intense

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Indomitable

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Incapable of being contained

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Deface

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Vandalizing

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Mirth

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Laughter

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Ordinance

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Law; rule

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Allurements

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Temptations

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Provoked

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Annoyed

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Impartial

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Neutral; no opinion

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Inarticulate

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Hard to understand

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Dismal

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Depressing

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Articulate

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Talkative; expressive

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Incoherence

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Confusion; not able to speak

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Indignantly

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Angrily

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Calamity

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Disaster; misfortune

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Morbid

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Gloomy; dreary

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Morosely

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Dejectedly

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Dolefully

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Mournfully

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Console

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Comfort

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Surge

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Flow; rush

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Brandish

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Waving; raising

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Cajole

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Coaxed; nagged