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Prisoner B-3087
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Nazi | a member of the a German facist party controlling Germany from 1933-1945 under Adolph Hitler |
| flat | an apartment on one floor |
| menace | a danger |
| eerie | strange and mysterious |
| delectable | something that is highly pleasing or delicious |
| mercenary | caring only about making money |
| sanctuary | a place where someone is protected |
| accede | to agree to a request or a demand |
| bar mitzvah | ceremony when a Jewish boy becomes a man on his 13th b-day |
| liquidate | to do away with especially by killing |
| commandant | commanding officer |
| doffing | taking off the hat as a sign of respect |
| nil | a score of zero |
| taint | contamination or evilness |
| putrid | decayed with usually a very bad or disgusting smell |
| pact | an international treaty or a formal agreement between two countries especially to help each other or to stop fighting |
| heft | to lift something up with effort |
| fume | to show or feel anger |
| trudge | to walk slowly and heavily becuase you are tired or working very hard |
| reel | to fall back as if from a blow |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of someone such as a condemned prisoner |
| dawdle | to move or act too slowly |
| wretched | very bad or unpleasant |
| recoil | to react to something with shock or fear |
| waver | to move back and forth in an unsteady way |
| tepid | not hot and not cold |
| rejuvenate | to give new strength |
| abide | tolerate; allow |
| purgatory | a place after death; a place or state of suffering |
| stupor | a condition in which someone is not able to think normally because of being drunk, drugged, tired, etc. |
| sidle | to move close to someone in a quiet or secret way |
| genocide | the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group |