Colin's Spelling List 10.22.09

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  1. annihilation
    destruction by obliterating something
  2. anti-Semitism
    the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people
  3. commemoration
    a recognition of meritorious service
  4. Denmark
    a constitutional monarchy in northern Europe
  5. foreshadow
    indicate by signs
  6. genocide
    systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
  7. Holocaust
    the mass murder of Jews under the German Nazi regime
  8. hyperbole
    extravagant exaggeration
  9. metaphor
    a figure of speech that suggests a non-literal similarity
  10. pogrom
    organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews
  11. prejudice
    a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue
  12. stereotype
    a conventional or formulaic conception or image
  13. totalitarianism
    a form of government in which the ruler is unconstrained
Created on Sun Oct 25 23:18:23 EDT 2009 (updated Sun Oct 25 23:28:41 EDT 2009)

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