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LETTERS FROM RIFKA
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| vanished | to pass out of sight |
| rucksack | knapsack; backpack |
| bayonet | a blade adapted to fit the end of a rifle |
| battalion | an army unit |
| pivot | to turn on a point |
| commoation | a moisy disturbance |
| sprawling | spread out; to stretch out wide |
| deformity | a part that is not normal in shape |
| spittle | liquid secreted in the mouth; saliva |
| tallis | a prayer shawl used by Jewish men |
| jabber | to talk rapidly or unintelligibly |
| tempest | a violent wind storm |
| cabaret | a restaurant or nightclub offering live entertainment |
| peruke | a wig or haipiece |
| steerage | the least expensive way to travel on a slip |
| immigrant | a person who comes into another country to live |
| emigrant | a person who has left his native land to live in another country |
| pogrom | an organized attack on Jews in Russia in late 1800's; an officially encouraged massacre |
| retched | to vomit or try to vomit |
| simpleton | one of weak intellect, judgment, or sense |
| Red Cross | an International organization that helps prisoners of war and their families, relief to victims of natural disasters, etc. |
| ringworm | any of various fungal infections of the skin (especially the scalp) or nails, often appearing as itching circular patches; also called: tinea |
| fumigate | to treat (something contaminated or infected) with fumes or smoke |
| cossacks | any of the free warrior-peasants of chiefly East Slavonic descent who lived in communes, especially in Ukraine, and served as cavalry under the tsars |
| Mitzvah | a commandment of the Jewish law; the fulfillment of such a commandment; (Judaism) a good deed |
| Yiddish | a language of central and East European Jews and their descendants elsewhere: based on Rhenish dialects of Middle High German with a mixture of vocabulary from Hebrew and Aramaic, the Slavic languages, and other sources, and written in the Hebrew alphabet |
| Sabbath | the seventh day of the week, Saturday, as the day of rest and religious observance among Jews and some Christians. Ex. 20:8–11. |
| typhus | an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body. |
| yeast | any of several yeasts of the genus Saccharomyces, used in brewing alcoholic beverages, as a leaven in baking breads, and in pharmacology as a source of vitamins and proteins. Compare bottom yeast, brewer's yeast, top yeast. |
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