Vocab Flashcards by Beck Matthews | Brainscape

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language used by the Jews

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Yiddish

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recognizable

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discernable

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special ceremony used at passover

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Sedar

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positive response

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affirmation

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bright of shining

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luminous

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unreadable

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undecipherable

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strong display of emotion

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vehemence

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polished; waxed

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burnished

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threatening

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ominous

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heated emotion or eagerness

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fervor

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humiliated

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mortified

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ritually fit for use under Jewish law

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kosher

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an entertainer or comedian

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jester

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sticking out

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protruding

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erratic; inconsistent

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arbitrary

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a suitcase or something that holds clothes

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valis

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a braid of hair

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plaits

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to make a deep hollow sound

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bellowing

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tasteless; gaudy

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garish

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to cut off/shear

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shorn

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book read from at a Jewish seder

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Haggagah

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quickly

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hastily

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embarrassed

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mortified

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a person who is not Jewish, usually a Christian

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Goyish

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cocky or arrogant

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impudent