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English Vocab

TermDefinition
deportation n. The act of expelling someone from a country.
detention n. The act of keeping someone in custody.
fugitive n. A person who has escaped or is in hiding to avoid arrest.
quarrels n. arguments; disagreements.
Gestapo n. secret police force of Nazi Germany, known for its brutality.
foreboding n. sudden feeling that something bad is going to happen.
apprehension n. fearful feeling about what will happen next.
intuition n. ability to see the truth of something immediately without reasoning.
mounting adj. increasing gradually; building up.
rigid adj. stiff and unbending.
insistent adj. demanding that something should happen.
devoted adj. Showing strong commitment, loyalty, and dedication over a long period of time.
preserving v. Protecting something important so it is not lost, damaged, or forgotten.
resembled v. Looked very similar to someone else.
relic n. A treasured object kept because it has strong emotional or historical importance.
humanity n. Kindness, compassion, and belief in the goodness of people.
legacy n. What a person leaves behind that continues to influence others after their death.
analyze v. to look closely at the small parts of a text to see how they work together and affect the whole.
background information n. the (new) information that helps a reader better contextualize and understand a specific text.
context n. encompasses a text, its speakers, its audience, its purposes, and the circumstances that surround the text, including the time period, and major historical, cultural, or literary events may impact the context.
-ent state of being; quality. resentment:
-tion act of. interception:
co- together. cooperation:
-mit- to release; to send. emitted:
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