| A | B |
| humiliating | adj. reducing one's position in one's own eyes or other's eyes |
| impassioned | adj. very enthusiastic; very passionate |
| delirious | wildly excited; temporary state of mental excitement marked by confused speech and hallucinations |
| Kristallnacht | n. "Night of Broken Glass" - Germans attacked Jews |
| intolerable | insufferable, unendurable, unbearable |
| rationed | a fixed proportion |
| synagogue | place of Jewish worship |
| concentration camp | prison camp for primarily Jews |
| kosher | adhering to strict traditional code or moral standard |
| rucksack | knapsack |
| Gentile | someone who is not Jewish |
| gingerly | adv., softly, with caution |
| glumly | adv., sadly, in a depressed manner |
| commode | toilet |
| dank | musty; dark and damp |
| stealthily | adv., carefully trying to be seen, secretively |
| fritters | food similar to donuts |
| beckoned | gestured, motioned |
| tactical | war related, strategic |
| deftly | adv., with skill, skillfully |