| A | B |
|---|
| cuffed | to strike with the palm of the hand |
| compensation | a return of something lost or suffered---usually due to someone else's fault |
| superstitions | beliefs resultig from fear of the unknown |
| guffawed | a loud laugh or a chuckle |
| Yiddish | a Germanic language, written in Hebrew, that is spoken by those who are Jewish |
| simultaneously | at the same time |
| guttural | voiced in the throat |
| rabbi | a professional Jewish leader |
| Torah | the body of history and law contained in Jewish scripture--in a scroll |
| locusts | a short, horned grasshopper that travels in swarms and strips land of vegetation |
| kosher | accepted by Jewish law as ritually fit for use |
| nightshift | a night gown |
| unleavened | containing no yeast |
| contagious | passing illness from one person to another |
| Exodus | the massive departure of the Hebrews from Egypt |
| plagues | a curse; an annoyance; an epidemic |
| earnest | serious |
