| A | B |
| boche | a negative term for German troops |
| Talmud | a book combining Jewish civil and religious law |
| Torah | the first five books of the Old Testament |
| Adolf Hitler | the Nazi leader and architect of the Holocaust |
| Josef Mengele | Maniacal Nazi doctor |
| firmament | the conglomeration of sky and heavens |
| docile | calm, peaceful, and harmless |
| vexation | a source of annoyance |
| diction | word choice |
| lorry | a word for a truck |
| trite | a word or phrase so overused that it has lost all meaning |
| resignation | acceptance of despair or a sense of giving up |
| detached | showing lack of emotional involvement |
| indignant | angered at something unjust or wrong |
| truncheon | a club or nightstick |
| waif | a homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned |