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Holocaust Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Vehement (adjective) | zealous, ardent, strongly emotional, or impassioned Synonyms: impassioned, angered, ardent |
| Auspicious (adjective) | promising success, favorable, opportune Synonyms: advantageous, opportune |
| Nefarious (adjective) | extremely wicked or villainous; evil Synonyms: heinous, horrible |
| Morbidity (noun) | a morbid state or quality; a proportion of sickness in a certain area Synonyms: anguish, bitterness |
| Synagogue (noun) | Jewish house of worship Synonyms: church, chapel |
| Partisan (noun/adjective) | a supporter of a person, group, party, or cause; a member of a party of irregular or guerilla troops engaged in harassing or fighting an enemy or an occupying army. Synonyms: supporter, champion |
| Septic (adjective) | pertaining to the nature of infection, poisonous Synonyms: putrid, infected |
| Genocide (Noun) | the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group Synonyms: decimation, mass murder |
| Oppressive (Adjective) | burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical Synonyms: brutal, unjust |
| Allegory (Noun) | A literary device that can use a softer or gentler representation of a difficult topic or subject matter to represent it to be able to teach it to younger or less mature age groups. |
| Euphemism (Noun) | A literary element that uses an indirect or milder expression to replace a blunter or more offensive expression. Example: “to put to sleep” is a euphemism for “to die”. |
| Anti-Semitism (noun) | Discrimination against Middle Eastern people (Arabs or Jews) who share a similar language or faith Synonyms: intolerance |
| Culpability (noun) | guilt or blame that is deserved Synonyms: accountability, blameworthiness |
| Prejudice (Noun / Verb) | preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience Synonyms: animosity, bias |
| Perpetrator (Noun) | Someone who does something that is morally wrong or criminal. Synonyms: assassin, enforcer |
| Persecution (noun) | a program or campaign to exterminate, drive away, or subjugate people based on their membership in a religious, ethnic, social, or racial group Synonyms: mistreatment, oppression |
| Propaganda (Noun) | information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. Synonyms: disinformation, hype |
| drudgery (Noun) | boring, unpleasant, or difficult work Synonyms: chore, labor |
| Pre | A prefix meaning before |
| Jud | Anti A prefix meaning against or not |
| Anti | A prefix meaning against or not |
| Ance | A suffix that turns a word into a noun |
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