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Milkweed Vocabulary

Last updated almost 8 years ago

20 questions

Note from the author:

vocabulary words for the book Milkweed

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Question 1

1.

Flop

To lay down

The Jewish police

disgusting people

an army that uses big guns

Question 2

2.

concerned with practical matters

pragmatic

juxtaposition

repent

propoganda

Question 3

3.

Menorah

an 8 day holiday

a New Testament book in the Bible

a candle holder with 7 branches

opinion for a cause

Question 4

4.

pogrom

basic unit of money in Poland

a coffee cake flavored with orange

dense populated city district

The organized persecution of an ethnic group

Question 5

5.

juxtaposition

side by side, positioning close together

ruined, demolished

to feel remorse

degrading people

Question 6

6.

zlotys

basic unit of money in Poland

coffee cakes flavored with orange

female hogs

7 armed candle holder

Question 7

7.

propoganda

degrading people

concerned with practical matters

ideas spread to influence opinions for a cause

a specific task assigned to a soldier

Question 8

8.

work detail

a task assigned, usually physical labor

legal document giving permission to work

transportation of people

positioning close together

Question 9

9.

resettlement

expelling a person from their native land

populated city district

transportation of people to a new location

demolished cities

Question 10

10.

ghetto

a New Testament book in the Bible

an army using big guns

deep peace of Godin Jeudism

densely populated city district occupied by an ethnic group

Question 11

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swine

tattletales

pigs or a disgusting person

a drink for adults during parties or religious celebrations

female hog

Question 12

12.

babka

coffee cake flavored with orange

densely populated city

deep peace of Godin Jeudism

8 day Jewish holiday

Question 13

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Nazi

organized persecution of an ethnic group

ideas spread to influence public opinion

National Socialist German Workers Party

udersized animal

Question 14

14.

dehumanization

not doing anything

the act of degrading people

disgusting people

undersized person

Question 15

15.

shalom

the deep peace of Godin Jeudism

an 8 day Jewish holiday

7 armed candle stick

New Testament Book in Bible

Question 16

16.

deportation

persecution of an ethnic group

act of expelling a person from their native land

transportation of people to a new settlement

positioning close together

Question 17

17.

Jude

disgusting person

deep peace of Godin Jeudism

small animal or person

New Testament book in the Bible

Question 18

18.

finches

people who turn others in for wrong doing

concerned with practical matters

basic unit of money in Poland

Jewish police

Question 19

19.

kaput

New Testament book in the Bible

basic unit of money in Poland

ruined, done for; demolished

Jewish Police

Question 20

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repent

the act of positioning close together

tattletales

to feel remorse for actions

legal document giving information of employment