Vocabulary Flashcards

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brutes

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brutal, insensitive, or crude people

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Gestapo

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the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods and operations

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feverishly

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in a way that is overexcited, restless, or uncontrolled, as if from fever

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pandemonium

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wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos

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anxious

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full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried

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parched

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extremely or completely dried, as by heat, sun, or wind

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condemning

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pronounce one guilty; sentencing to punishment, especially capital punishment

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transgressions

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to violate a law, command, moral code, etc.; offend; sin

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flailing

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the act of moving one’s limbs or body about randomly and wildly

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inevitable

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unable to be avoided, evaded, or escaped