Color of Water Chapter 1-10 vocab and literary terms

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Definition of Shiva?

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Seven-day mourning period after burial in Jewish faith.

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Definition of kaddish?

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A Jewish prayer praising God; associated with mourning.

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Best definition of infallible?

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incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

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tyranny

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cruel and oppressive government or rule

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Definition of imminent?

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about to happen

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Definition of unkempt?

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untidy or disheveled

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Definition of perilous?

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full of danger or risk

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Definition of jibe?

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to agree with

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Definition of 'emulate'

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to match or surpass

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Definition of bourgeois?

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Characteristic of the middle class.