Vocab WK #1
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- systematic
- having a method or plan; not random
- Nazis
- Fascist group founded in Germany in 1919 and brought to power under Adolf Hitler in 1933
- World War II
- global military conflict lasting from 1939-1945 involving most of the world's nations, organized into 2 opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
- Final Solution
- the plan devised in 1941 to speed up the killing of Jews and other "undesirables" using gas chambers and guns
- Jewish Problem
- the Nazi belief that Jews had biologically inferior genes that, when mixed with Aryan genes, would lower the quality of the German race
- Aryan Master Race
- German race that the Nazis believed was superior to other races; Non-Jewish caucasian race typified by height, blonde hair, and blue eyes
- Genocide
- etymology from genus, which means "group of people" and cide, which means "killing"; the intentional annihilation of innocent people belonging to a targeted group
- Auschwitz
- a concentration camp turned death camp in Southern Poland, characterized by starvation, forced labor, and death
- Third Reich
- the Third Republic of Germany, which began with Hitler's rule in 1933 and ended with his defeat in 1945
- retrospect
- contemplation of the past
- penury
- extreme poverty
- haste
- urgent need of quick action
- insinuate
- to suggest or hint slyly
- dispersed
- moved in different directions
- jubilant
- showing joy and satisfaction
- provoke
- to purposefully incite reaction
- delusion
- having a false belief, regardless of reason
- anecdote
- a short story of a past event
- console
- to lessen someone else's grief
- relic
- an object of the past
- surreptitious
- obtained, behaved, or made secretly
- convoy
- a group travelling together, usually associated with armies or war
- verdict
- the final judgement or decision
- fatigue
- weariness form mental or physical exertion
- morale
- emotional or mental condition, especially in the face of oppostion
- farce
- a mockery or foolish show