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Final vocab for Number the Stars

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  • the symbol of the German Nazi Party.
    Synagogue
    Contempt
    Swastika
    belligerence
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  • serious, formal in look, no joking (Ellen's dad always had a _________ look- it was hard to see him smile or express happiness.) 
    solemn
    impassive
    dawdled
    scampered
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  • aggressively or war-like (The Nazi soldiers __________ attacked the people of Denmark.) 
    belligerently
    dubiously
    haughtily
    solemnly
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  • a building where Jewish people meet for religious worship and instruction. (EX: Ellen and Annemarie visited the _________ to celebrate the Jewish New Years.) 
    Synagogue
    Swastika
    Church
    Temple
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  • a cultural region made up of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. It also sometimes includes Iceland, Finland, and the Faroe Islands.
    Scandinavia
    Swastika
    Haze
    Specter
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  • to tease or laugh at. (EX: He constantly _________ his friend for wearing an old sweater.)
    mock
    dismay
    distorted
    rueful
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  • done without confidence (EX: The soldier is ___________ walking across the iced floor.) 
    tentatively
    mock
    intoned
    exasperate
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  • to cause someone to feel anxiety, sorrow, or pain (EX: Ellen was _______ at the fact that her father passed away.) 
    dismay
    mock
    rueful
    intoned
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  • having or showing the feeling that you are superior. (EX: I used to be __________ to others. Now I treat everyone equally and respect them.)
    rummaging
    encased
    staccato
    condescending
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  • sticking out. (EX: He had a _______ teeth and wanted to get braces to have orderly teeth like others)
    protruding
    rummaging
    condescending
    surge
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  • a powerful rush of emotion (EX: A _______ of emotion came to me when I was finally graduating high school.)
    deftly
    wryly
    surge
    staccato
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  • to make longer the duration of something. (EX: The teacher ________ the paper due date to next week.)
    prolong
    tantalize
    taut
    donned
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  • to be rude, arrogant, or disrespectful. (EX: She ________ told her mother to do all the chores for her)
    implored
    insolently
    strident
    scornfully
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  • loud or harsh (EX: his voice had become increasingly strident that my ears were hurting)
    din
    concealed
    strident
    scornful
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  • to beg someone desperately to do something (EX: Please! I _____ you! I am so hungry! Give me something to eat!)
    taut
    donned
    implored
    tantalized
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  • to keep secret or hidden (EX: The military members had _______ weapon for emergency case.)
    warily
    insolent
    raided
    concealed
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