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Rifka Vocab. #2
Rifka Week 2
Question | Answer |
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wares | n. articles of merchandise or manfacture; goods |
tallis | n. prayer shawls worn by male Jews during the daily morning service |
mitzvah | n. a celebration traditional in Jewish society or an act of upmost kindness |
convent | n. a monastery or nunnery |
cabarets | n. a restaurant providing food, drink, music, a dance floor, often a floor show |
davening | v. Yiddish, meaning to pray |
peruke | n. a man's wig of the 17th and 18th centuries, usually powdered and gathered at the back of the neck with a ribbon |
steerage | n. in a passenger ship, the part of the ship alotted to the passengers who traveled at the cheapest rate |
democratic | adj. the principle of political or scoial equality for all |
parquet floor | n. a floor composed of short strips or blocks of wood forming a pattern, sometimes with inlyas of other woods or other materials |