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English 9 Vocab fina
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Yom Kippur | Jewish holiday; day of atonement |
| Aryan | Racial grouping |
| Zionism | national movement of Jews and Jewish culture that supports the creation of a Jewish homeland |
| Billeted | lodge (soldiers) in a particular place, especially a civilian's house or other nonmilitary facility |
| Treatise | a written work dealing formally and systematically with a subject. |
| Anecdotes | a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. |
| Pestilential | harmful or destructive to crops or livestock. |
| Pious | devoutly religious. |
| Incite | encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behavior). |
| Bestial | of or like an animal or animals. |
| Harangued | lecture (someone) at length in an aggressive and critical manner. |
| Bouts | a short period of intense activity of a specified kind. |
| Sanctity | the state or quality of being holy, sacred, or saintly. |
| Imperceptibly | impossible to perceive. |
| Gallows | A gallows is a frame, typically wooden, used for execution by hanging, or as a means of torture before execution, as was used when being hanged, drawn and quartered. Wikipedia |
| Raucous | making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise. |
| Lamentation | the passionate expression of grief or sorrow; weeping. |
| Emaciated | abnormally thin or weak, especially because of illness or a lack of food. |
| Bereaved | be deprived of a loved one through a profound absence, especially due to the loved one's death. |
| Encumbrance | a burden or impediment. |