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Rifka Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rucksack | Backpack |
| Precaution | being careful beforehand |
| Hastened | hurried |
| Herring | stinky fish |
| Shalom | hello, goodbye, or peace in Yiddish |
| Hesitate | to pause or wait |
| Vile | disgusting |
| Fumigation | to rid of germs using spray |
| Cossacks | Russian soldiers |
| Fretted | worried |
| Commotion | noisy excitement |
| Frenzied | crazed |
| Etched | to carve in wood, glass, or metal |
| Tallis | prayer shawl |
| Mitvah | a Jewish ceremony where one becomes an adult |
| Convent | a place in the Catholic church where nuns live |
| Cabaret | a small theater providing some kind of food and entertainment |
| Czarina | Russian word for "little princess" |
| Tempest | a storm at sea |
| Pogrom | angry mob |
| Plummeted | to drop or fall |
| Simpleton | someone whose intelligence is lower than their age |