| A | B |
|---|
| alleged | claimed but not yet proven to have taken place, have been committed, or be as described |
| cleft | to split, or make something split |
| cynical | doubting or contemptuous of human nature or the motives, goodness, or sincerity of others |
| defiance | open, bod, or hostile refusal to obey or conform |
| emigrate | to leave a place, especially a native country, to go and live in another country |
| epidemic | outbreak of a disease that spreads more quickly and more extensively among a group of people than would normally be expected |
| extraction | the taking away or getting rid of something |
| gallows | a wooden frame, usually made of two upright posts and a crossbeam wiht a noose attached, used to execute people by haning |
| inadequate | failing to reach an expected or required level or standard |
| innumerable | too many to be counted |
| keen | quick to understand things |
| pipel | German for a young apprentice or assitant, in this case an assistant to the Kapos |
| quarantine | a place in which people or animals spend a period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
| queue | to form a line while waiting for something |
| reprieve | temporary relief from something harmful, especially danger or pain |
