Number the Stars

Angel A. (United States of America)
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  1. conflict
    an open clash between two opposing groups
  2. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  3. disdainfully
    without respect
  4. don
    a teacher or tutor, especially at Cambridge or Oxford
  5. drunkard
    a chronic drinker
  6. exasperation
    actions that cause great irritation
  7. exhausted
    depleted of energy, force, or strength
  8. Godspeed
    a successful journey
  9. hazy
    filled or abounding with fog or mist
  10. imprint
    mark or stamp with or as if with pressure
  11. lanky
    tall and thin and having long slender limbs
  12. latticed
    having a pattern of fretwork or latticework
  13. mourning
    state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
  14. Nazi
    a German member of Adolf Hitler's political party
  15. occupation
    the principal activity in one's life to earn money
  16. pose
    assume a bearing as for artistic purposes
  17. pride
    a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
  18. rabbi
    spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation
  19. rationed
    distributed equitably in limited individual portions
  20. relocate
    become established in a new place
  21. rhythmically
    in a manner recurring with measured regularity
  22. sabotage
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption
  23. saliva
    a clear liquid secreted by glands in the mouth
  24. setting
    the physical position of something
  25. shoreline
    a boundary line between land and water
  26. specter
    a ghostly appearing figure
  27. sprawling
    spreading out in different directions
  28. staccato
    (music) separating the notes
  29. Star of David
    a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles
  30. stricken
    grievously affected especially by disease
  31. submerged
    beneath the surface of the water
  32. surge
    rise and move, as in waves or billows
  33. swastika
    the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich
  34. synagogue
    the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
  35. tantalize
    harass with persistent teasing or baiting
  36. tentatively
    in a hesitant manner
  37. typhus
    rickettsial disease transmitted by body lice and characterized by skin rash and high fever
  38. unfamiliar
    not known or well known
  39. urgency
    an earnest and insistent necessity
  40. visible
    capable of being seen or open to easy view
Created on Thu May 06 15:03:14 EDT 2010

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