Unit 6: Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story

Learn these words from the historical fiction by Ken Mochizuki (Inside: Level C, Unit 6).

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  1. diplomat
    an official engaged in international negotiations
  2. translate
    restate from one language into another language
  3. cling
    hold on tightly or tenaciously
  4. peer
    look searchingly
  5. refugee
    an exile who flees for safety
  6. permission
    approval to do something
  7. issue
    bring out an official document
  8. official
    given authorized status as a national or state institution
  9. toss
    move or stir about violently
  10. visa
    an endorsement that allows the bearer to enter a country
  11. cable
    a telegram sent abroad
  12. constant
    uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing
  13. superior
    one of greater rank or station or quality
  14. agreement
    harmony of people's opinions, actions, or characters
  15. insist
    be emphatic or resolute and refuse to budge
  16. weight
    an oppressive feeling of heavy force
  17. camp
    live in or as if in a tent
  18. approach
    move towards
  19. cramp
    suffer from sudden painful contraction of a muscle
  20. reassign
    move somebody to a different position or location of work
  21. absolutely
    totally and definitely; without question
  22. speed
    distance travelled per unit time
  23. gaze
    look at with fixed eyes
  24. fade
    become less clearly visible or distinguishable
Created on Fri Aug 05 10:07:05 EDT 2016 (updated Mon Aug 15 13:58:33 EDT 2016)

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