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WorksheetsNight Vocab 1-3
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 48mins
Which of the following means a person, usually a young person, with a thin, fragile appearance who looks needy.
fascist
divinity
truncheon
waiflike
Mysticism is -
somebody who supports or advocates a system of government characterized by dictatorship, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, and extreme nationalism.
the belief that personal communication or union with the divine is achieved through intuition, faith, ecstasy, or sudden insight rather than through rational thought.
to burden or weigh down somebody or something; to hamper or impede.
not emotional; unaffected by emotional matters.
To encumber someone is to -
deport them.
make them unaffected by emotions.
to burden or weigh them down with something.
pity them.
Which of the following are traits of a fascist?
feudal system, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, extreme nationalism
dictatorship, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, extreme nationalism
dictatorship, no control of private enterprise, acceptance of opposition, extreme nationalism
democracy, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition, extreme nationalism
Which of the following shows a truncheon?
Indiscriminately means -
In a random haphazard, or confused manner.
Not important
To steal goods using force, especially during a war.
the forcing out of something or somebody from something.
To pillage is to steal by force, especially during a war.
True
False
A Jewish scholar, teacher, appointed Jewish religious leader
Elie Wiesel
Rabbi
Beadle
Priest
The major Jewish spring festival that commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage
Tuesday
Hanukkah
Rosh Hashanah
Passover
To cancel officially
rescind
ascertain
edict
remorse
Completely sealed or airtight
hermetic
infernal
lucidity
abyss
Characteristic of, or resembling Hell
infernal
abyss
lucidity
compulsory
A clear state of mind
lucidity
hermetic
abyss
ascertain
Learn or discover with confidence
ascertain
remorse
rescind
edict
A very intense and uncontrolled fire
conflagration
infernal
ascertain
edict
Required by rule
compulsory
edict
hermetic
ascertain
A legally binding command or decision
edict
compulsory
abyss
infernal
the largest of the Nazi combined concentration/extermination camps
Buna
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Krakow
Arbeit Macht Frei
an SS officer infamous for performing deadly experiments on prisoners
Elie Wiesel
kapo
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Dr. Mengele
a prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was assigned by SS to supervise forced labor
kapo
kommando
Dr. Mengele
Gestapo
a unit of laborers in a concentration camp
kommando
kapo
holocaust
synagogue
the German phrase meaning "work makes you free"
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Krakow
Arbeit Macht Frei
kommando
a system of contemplative prayer and spirituality aimed at achieving direct intuitive experience of the divine
mysticism
phylactery
either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and conservative Jewish men.
phylactery
shavuot
a major Jewish festival held on the 6th (and usually the 7th) of Sivan, fifty days after the second day of Passover. It was originally a harvest festival, but now also commemorates the giving of the Law (the Torah).
Shavuot
Passover
the ancient Jewish tradition of mystical interpretation of the Bible, first transmitted orally and using esoteric methods (including ciphers). It reached the height of its influence in the later Middle Ages and remains significant in Hasidism.
Kabbalah
Talmud
the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend comprising the Mishnah and the Gemara.
Talmud
Kabbalah
"to study and review", also "secondary") is the first major written collection of the Jewish oral traditions known as the Oral Torah. It is also the first major work of rabbinic literature.
Mishnah
Gemara
a rabbinical commentary on the Mishnah, forming the second part of the Talmud.
Gemara
Mishnah
literally the act of dwelling, is understood to be the feminine aspect of God
Shekhinah
Kabbalah
