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Vocab List 7
Vocab List 8
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Parallelism
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to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement
Placate
100
extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles
Repugnant
100
How did Vladek and his family end up in the concentration camp?
Set up and betrayed by the Poles who arranged their escape.
100
What concentration camp was Vladek in? Anja?
Auschwitz, Birkenau
100
Make the following words parallel (using past tense for all) Fishing Seeing Bake
Fished Saw Baked
200
the condition that is most desirable
optimum
200
Define Ubiquitous
being or appearing to be in all places at the same time
200
Explain 2 things Vladek did to manage to survive Auschwitz
Traded, Bribed, Tutored, Worked in various trades
200
What were the selektions?
The prisoners would be assessed to see if they were healthy enough to continue working at the camp. Those who were too sick were sent to the chambers.
200
Make the following list parallel (using present tense) Colored Painting Tried
Color Paint Try
300
Define Unwieldy
difficult to carry, handle, or use because of size, shape, or design; awkward.
300
of a kind or gentle nature; not harmful
Benign
300
What is a Shvarster?
A black person
300
Name 2 jobs Vladek had while in Auschwitz
Tinman, Shoemaker
300
Make the following sentence parallel: Reading the book was easy;___________ the paper was difficult.
Writing Typing
400
having the skills or mental capacity of a much older person
Precocious
400
consisting of a wide variety
Eclectic
400
What animal represents each nationality? Jews? Germans? Americans? Poles?
Jews- Mice Germans- Cats Americans- Dogs Poles- Pigs
400
According to Vladek, why didn’t the many Jews in the camps just resist?
Scared, weak, protecting the other Jews, hope they would be rescued
400
Why is the following sentence parallel? She looked under the couch, in the bucket, and above the toilet.
The sentence uses prepositional phrases consistently (places- under the, in the, above the)
500
Define Circumvent
to manage to avoid or evade, esp. by clever maneuvering.
500
Define Prolific
creating new works or ideas in abundance; productive
500
Who is Shivek?
prisoner who was with Vladek as the war was ending
500
What was the name of the gas used to kill the prisoners in the gas chambers?
Zyklon B
500
Make the following sentence parallel and explain why makes it parallel: ___________, the rider sat under the tree; exhausted and thirsty, the other rider drank from her water bottle.
Tired and sore, the rider sat under the tree; exhausted and thirsty, the other rider drank from her water bottle. (adjectives before the riders- used to describe)