Unit 3: Academic Vocabulary and Vocabulary from Readings 1

This list covers Academic and Literary Vocabulary, Night, The Diary of Anne Frank, Prisoner B-3087, and Elie Wiesel’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech.
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  1. communication
    the activity of conveying information
  2. resume
    a summary of your academic and work history
  3. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  4. slogan
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  5. drama
    the literary genre of works intended for the theater
  6. synagogue
    the place of worship for a Jewish congregation
    One day, as I was about to enter the synagogue, I saw Moishe the Beadle sitting on a bench near the entrance.
  7. convulsive
    sudden and violent
    (Mr. van Daan breaks into a convulsive sob.)
  8. minyan
    the smallest group required for some Jewish prayers or rites
    "Are there not ten men here who will make a minyan with us?”
  9. bar mitzvah
    a traditional coming-of-age ritual for Jewish boys
    I was tired, and starving, and my arm burned from the tattoo. But suddenly I thought standing in a minyan for somebody’s bar mitzvah was the most important thing in the world.
  10. humility
    a feeling of modesty about oneself or one's accomplishments
    And it is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor—the highest there is—that you have chosen to bestow upon me. I know your choice transcends my person.
  11. transcend
    go beyond the scope or limits of
    And it is with a profound sense of humility that I accept the honor—the highest there is—that you have chosen to bestow upon me. I know your choice transcends my person.
  12. mutilate
    alter so as to make unrecognizable
    No one may speak for the dead, no one may interpret their mutilated dreams and visions.
  13. anguish
    extreme mental distress
    I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish.
  14. deportation
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car.
  15. naive
    marked by or showing unaffected simplicity
    And then I explain to him how naïve we were, that the world did know and remained silent.
  16. jeopardy
    a source of danger
    When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant.
  17. integrity
    moral soundness
    One person—a Raoul Wallenberg, an Albert Schweitzer, Martin Luther King, Jr.—one person of integrity, can make a difference, a difference of life and death.
  18. dissident
    a person who objects to some established policy
    As long as one dissident is in prison, our freedom will not be true.
Created on Fri Nov 12 13:40:48 EST 2021 (updated Wed Dec 01 09:23:28 EST 2021)

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