Words from Slavic Languages

Vera Q. (United States of America)
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  1. gulag
    a Russian prison camp for political prisoners
  2. robot
    a mechanism that can move automatically
  3. troika
    a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast
  4. Siberian
    of or relating to or characteristic of Siberia or the Siberians
  5. kishke
    (Judaism) roasted fowl intestines with a seasoned filling of matzo meal and suet
  6. sable
    marten of northern Asian forests having dark brown fur
  7. polka
    a Bohemian dance with 3 steps and a hop in fast time
  8. sputnik
    a Russian artificial satellite
  9. babushka
    a headscarf folded into a triangle and tied under the chin
  10. baba
    a small cake leavened with yeast
  11. parka
    a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
  12. samovar
    a metal urn with a spigot at the base
  13. slave
    a person who is forcibly held in servitude
  14. tundra
    a vast treeless plain where subsoil is permanently frozen
  15. glasnost
    a Soviet policy allowing freer discussion of social problems
  16. kasha
    boiled or baked buckwheat
  17. Bolshevik
    a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party
  18. knish
    a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat
  19. Soviet
    of or relating to or characteristic of the former Soviet Union or its people
  20. babka
    a coffee cake often flavored with chocolate, nuts, or dried fruit
  21. Cossack
    a member of a Slavic people living in southern European Russia and Ukraine and adjacent parts of Asia and noted for their horsemanship and military skill; they formed an elite cavalry corps in czarist Russia
  22. Slav
    any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language
  23. kremlin
    citadel of a Russian town
  24. mammoth
    extinct elephant widely distributed in the Pleistocene
  25. Permian
    the geologic period from about 299 to 252 million years ago
  26. paprika
    a plant bearing sweet, mild red peppers
  27. nebbish
    (Yiddish) a timid unfortunate simpleton
  28. vampire
    a corpse rising at night to drink the blood of the living
  29. cravat
    a scarf or band of cloth worn around the neck
  30. borzoi
    tall fast-moving dog breed
  31. balalaika
    a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings
  32. commissar
    an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit
  33. perestroika
    an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union
  34. tokamak
    a doughnut-shaped chamber used in fusion research
  35. tchotchke
    an inexpensive showy trinket
  36. apparatchik
    a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party
  37. pogrom
    organized persecution of an ethnic group, especially Jews
Created on Tue Feb 01 17:31:52 EST 2011 (updated Tue Feb 01 17:38:13 EST 2011)

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