maus vocab chapters 5-6 Flashcards

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meshuga

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Yiddish slang for “crazy, senseless”

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liquidate

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to put an end to, to abolish

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neurotic

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over anxious, panicky

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kombinator

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a person of low morals, used to describe a Jew who collaborates with the Nazis

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caricature

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an exaggerated representation

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pragmatic

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practical; concerned with the facts at hand

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