Abysmal
extremely bad
Affiliation
association with
Age Of Enlightenment
intellectual and scientific movement in 18th century Europe that approached art, politics and economics from a rational, scientific standpoint, and led directly to the American Revolution and Industrial Revolution
Ambivalent
no fixed opinion or concern either way
Aspyhxiated
suffocated
Atrocities
Monstrous actions
Banshee
Wailing spirit of Irish legend
Brash
presumptuously forward
Dextrose
a dextroglucose obtained by adding starch to simple glucose
Diptheria
a very acute, contagious disease with symptoms of fever and difficulty breathing that affects the heart and central nervous system
Doodlebug
German "buzz" bomb used to bomb London during the second World War
Envisioned
mentally pictured
Extirpate
totally destroy or kill off
Flotilla
the first ships in a fleet
Gregarious
Seeks out and enjoys the company of others
Ineffectual
lacking in forcefulness, ineffective
Legible
easy to read
Liturgical
relating to the Eucharist
Luftwaffe
German air force
Mandate
Order or authorization
Marionettes
puppets operated by strings
Ominous
menacing, forboding
Oratory
Eloquent and skillfully persuasive speech
Raucous
boisterous, harsh-sounding
Reticent
inclined to keep thoughts, feelings and opinions to oneself
Robust
strong and healthy
Shortcomings
failings, deficiency in something
Snuffbox
an ornamental box for keeping snuff in
Sudeten Germans
Ethnic Germans who were living in lands traditionally considered to be Bohemia in the south of Germany
Subservience
Servility, obsequiousness
Theresienstadt
Originally a fortress built to protect Czechoslovakia from enemies, taken over by the Germans after their occupation of Prague and used as a concentration camp for the slaughter of opponents, political enemies and Jewish people
