Elie Wiesel Vocabulary

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Anguish

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Severe mental or physical pain.

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Plight

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A dangerous or difficult situation.

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Presumptuous

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Rudely confident.

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Apartheid

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A policy of segregation and discrimination in South Africa.

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Abhorrent

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Inspiring disgust or hatred.

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Dissident

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A person who opposes official policy.

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Deplore

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To express strong disapproval of something.

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Insidious

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Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way but with harmful effects.

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Interminable

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Endless or seemingly endless.

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Transcend

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To go beyond the limits of something.