Collection 5: After Auschwitz

As you read Elie Wiesel's "After Auschwitz," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 8's Collection 5: The Diary of Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, After Auschwitz
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  1. exterminate
    kill on a large scale
  2. inflict
    impose something unpleasant
  3. malediction
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  4. demented
    affected with madness or insanity
  5. blasphemy
    the act of depriving something of its sacred character
  6. watershed
    an event marking an important historical change of course
  7. mutation
    a change or alteration in form or qualities
  8. endeavor
    earnest and conscientious activity intended to do something
  9. solitude
    the state or situation of being alone
  10. vicious
    able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  11. ruthless
    without mercy or pity
  12. Holy Land
    an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism
  13. fanaticism
    excessive intolerance of opposing views
  14. mourn
    feel sadness
  15. deprive
    take away
Created on Wed Jul 16 13:15:57 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:26:04 EDT 2014)

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