Unit 5: Selection Vocabulary 2

This list covers Parallel Journeys and "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat."
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  1. emblem
    special design representing a quality, type, or group
    On their uniforms, SS members wore emblems shaped like double lightning bolts, perfect symbols of the terror and suddenness with which they swooped from the night to arrest their frightened victims.
  2. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
    On their uniforms, SS members wore emblems shaped like double lightning bolts, perfect symbols of the terror and suddenness with which they swooped from the night to arrest their frightened victims.
  3. demonstration
    a show of military force or preparedness
    On direct orders from Heydrich, Jewish homes and businesses were destroyed and synagogues burned. “Demonstrations,” the SS called the violence, and they informed police that they were to do nothing to stop them.
  4. accommodate
    have room for; hold without crowding
    “As many Jews, especially rich ones, are to be arrested as can be accommodated in the prisons,” the orders read.
  5. notify
    inform somebody of something
    Immediately officials at the concentration camps—the special prisons set up by the Nazis—were notified that Jews would be shipped there right away.
  6. bizarre
    conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual
    Indeed, it was like a beastly, bizarre circus of evil.
  7. administration
    the group of people who manage or direct an institution
    On Friday evening last I received His Majesty's commission to form a new Administration.
  8. rigor
    something hard to endure
    It was necessary that this should be done in one single day, on account of the extreme urgency and rigour of events.
  9. adjourn
    close at the end of a session
    At the end of the proceedings today, the Adjournment of the House will be proposed until Tuesday, 21st May, with, of course, provision for earlier meeting, if need be.
  10. provision
    a stipulated condition
    At the end of the proceedings today, the Adjournment of the House will be proposed until Tuesday, 21st May, with, of course, provision for earlier meeting, if need be.
  11. buoyancy
    irrepressible liveliness and good spirit
    But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope.
Created on Fri Nov 13 11:23:56 EST 2020 (updated Fri Nov 20 10:04:44 EST 2020)

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