section 1 night vocab

Question 1

a small room leading to a main one

Answer 1

antechamber

Question 2

firmly held belief

Answer 2

conviction

Question 3

an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property

Answer 3

conflagration

Question 4

somebody who has been or is waiting to be deported

Answer 4

deportee

Question 5

the quality associated with being god, a goddess, or a god

Answer 5

divinity

Question 6

a decree, order, or ordinance issued by the soverign , state, or any other holder o authority

Answer 6

edict

Question 7

to burden or weigh down somebody or something; to hamper or impede

Answer 7

encumber

Question 8

the forcing out of something or somebody from something

Answer 8

expulsion

Question 9

somebody who supports or advocates a system of government characterized by dictatorship, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, and extreme nationalism

Answer 9

fascist

Question 10

an area of a city lived in by a minority group, especially a run-down and densely populated area lived in by a group that experiences discrimination

Answer 10

ghetto

Question 11

in a random, haphazard, or confused manner

Answer 11

indiscriminately

Question 12

in a permissive, tolerant, way, such as to humor somebody’s wishes

Answer 12

indulgently

Question 13

action that causes something, especially an important process or event, to begin

Answer 13

initiation

Question 14

not important

Answer 14

insignifigant

Question 15

Jewish administrations in the ghetto areas which were to ensure that Nazi orders and regulations were implemented.

Answer 15

jewish council

Question 16

the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible, first transmitted orally and using esoteric methods

Answer 16

kabbalah

Question 17

to empty an area (ghetto, concentration camp)

Answer 17

liquidate

Question 18

to empty an area (ghetto, concentration camp)

Answer 18

lorries

Question 19

the belief that personal communication or union with the divine is achieved through intuition, faith, ecstasy, or sudden insight rather than through rational thought

Answer 19

mysticism

Question 20

any authority (a group or a person) that uses its power unjustly to keep people under control.

Answer 20

oppressor

Question 21

the major Jewish spring festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian slavery

Answer 21

passover

Question 22

a member of an armed group formed to fight secretly against an occupying force

Answer 22

partisan

Question 23

provoking or expressing feelings of pity

Answer 23

pathetic

Question 24

serious and immediate danger

Answer 24

peril

Question 25

extreme poverty

Answer 25

penury

Question 26

a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law.

Answer 26

phylactery

Question 27

to steal goods using force, especially during a war

Answer 27

pillage

Question 28

the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic from 1918-1946

Answer 28

Red army

Question 29

Day of Judgment and the Jewish New Year

Answer 29

Rosh Hashanah

Question 30

day of holiness and rest observed by Jews from sunset on Friday to nightfall of the following day

Answer 30

sabbath

Question 31

jewish feast of weeks

Answer 31

shavout

Question 32

a hereditary name common to all members of a family, as distinct from a given name

Answer 32

surname

Question 33

in a way that attempts to avoid notice or attention; secretively

Answer 33

surreptitously

Question 34

place for prayer for those of the Jewish faith. The word means little room.

Answer 34

shtibl

Question 35

covers all subject matters integral to Jewish life, such as Shabbat, the Laws of Niddah, the Laws of Yom Tov (festivals of biblical origin), blessings, fasts, and many more.

Answer 35

talmud

Question 36

a baton carried as a symbol of rank or authority; a police officer’s club

Answer 36

truncheon

Question 37

not emotional; unaffected by emotional matters

Answer 37

unsentimental

Question 38

resembling someone, usually a young person, with a thin fragile appearance who looks needy

Answer 38

waiflike

Question 39

Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a Jewish national state in Palestine, the ancient homeland of the Jews

Answer 39

zionism

Question 40

the chief text of the Jewish Kabbalah which discusses the nature of God, the origin of the universe, the nature of souls and redemption

Answer 40

zohar