| A | B |
|---|
| penury | utter poverty |
| waiflike | like a homeless orphan or pitiful child |
| Talmud | authoritative book of Jewish Tradition |
| synagogue | Jewish congregation; house of worship |
| fraught | uneasy; characterized by emotional stress |
| Gestapo | secret police organization employing terrorist methods |
| diplomacy | practice of conducting negotiations between nations without hostility |
| surreptititously | sneakily, with stealth |
| wielding | to deal successfully with; carry or use with skill |
| infinite | endless, extending indefinitely |
| genocide | the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group |
