Salt to the Sea Vocabulary 3

What is a gulag?

• a Russian prison camp used for people considered against (enemies of) Stalin's government

• a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases and mental illnesses

• a contagious and deadly lung infection

• a twisted, deforming shape or position

What is a mongrel?

• a slant to one side

• a colorless liquid that quickly evaporates into gas and was used as an anesthetic

• a small recess opening off a larger room

• a negative term used to describe people and animals of mixed races/breeds

What does multilingual mean?

• the process of causing things to happen at the same time

• knowing and using more than one language

• the tendency to float in water

• small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions

Match each term with its definition.

• the process of causing things to happen

• berate

• a contagious and deadly lung infection

• tuberculosis

• not able to tolerate or endure

• insufferable

• a hospital for recuperation or for the t

• sanatorium

• to scold in a severe, angry way

• synchronization

The prisoners in the (a)   were called ​ (b)   by the Russian guards.

• gulags
• mongrels
• sanatorium
• confetti

The ​ (a)   of the ship ​ (b)   its ​ (c)   and threatened to sink it.

• list
• affected
• buoyancy
• contortion
• effected
• alcove

What is a contagious and deadly lung infection?

What is small pieces or streamers of colored paper that are thrown around on festive occasions

What is a colorless liquid that quickly evaporates into gas and was used as an anesthetic

What is knowing and using more than one language?