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Terms
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- Offenses
- misdemeanors, against the law
- typhus
- infection that caused high fever, rash cough
- vile
- repulsive
- evades
- escapes
- etched
- engraved
- precious
- of great value
- cabaret
- restaurants with music
- millineries
- hat stores
- rucksack
- back pack
- shalom
- hello, greeting, peace
- vultures
- birds that feed on dead animals
- yiddush
- language spoken by jews in eastern europe
- lapsed
- slipped away
- throb
- pounding
- forboding
- dread
- detainees
- people who are placed in custody; can't leave
- simpleton
- foolish person
- squat
- short fat man/woman
- bleak
- dismal
- monitor
- check on
- bribing
- paying off
- kerchief
- scarf
- stormy
- agitated/tormented
- compassion
- sympathy/kindness
- forsaken
- forgotten/left alone
- tempest
- strong winds
- parquet
- type of wood floor
- helmsman
- steers the ship
- samovar
- brews tea
- czarina
- queen
- tallis
- shawl worn by jewish men/women during prayer
- star of david
- jewish symbol--six points
- mitzvah/bar bat
- coming of age
- bubbe
- grandma
- jabbering
- babbleing
- twine
- twist together
- grasp
- hold
- modest
- humble
- mute
- silent
- lumbered
- waddled
- numb
- unable to feel any emotion
- befriend
- become friends with
- chores
- jobs
- harbor
- port
- envy
- jealousy
- frail
- having delicate health
- fretting
- worrying
- deportation
- the act of being sent back to one's country
- minimal
- small
- coward
- afraid
- comrade
- friend
- infectious
- contagious
- commotion
- confusion and activity
- bayonets
- blades at the ends of rifle
- migration
- movement from one area to another
- resounded
- echoed
- fumigation
- chemical treatment to kill germs/insects
- sprawling
- huge area
- steerage
- where poor people stay on a ship
- monotony
- sameness