| A | B |
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| schlemiel | n. slang. A fool who is both awkward and unlucky. |
| luxurious | adj. Grand; rich; elegant. |
| cheder | n. Religious school for teaching Judaism. |
| pondering | v. Thinking about. |
| smithy | n. A blacksmith’ s shop; a place where horses’ shoes are made. |
| prankster | n. A person who plays tricks on people for fun. |
| proclaimed | v. Announced publicly. |
| berate | v. To scold harshly. |
| blintzes | n. Cheese or fruit wrapped in think pancakes. |
| escorted | v. Went with and helped or protected. |
| shmendrick | n. slang. A nincompoop; a nobody. |
| groschen | n. A form of money worth 1/100 of a schilling. A schilling is worth about 7 ½ cents. |
| orthodox | adj. Having to do with the branch of the Jewish religion that most closely follows all its traditional beliefs and practices. |
| rabbi | n. A teacher of Jewish religion and law. |
| Yiddish | n. A language of the Jews that developed from many other languages. |
