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lecture | exposition of a given subject delivered before an audience or a class |
compensation | something given or received as payment or reparation as for a service |
exodus | migration; emigration, flight |
cloying | supplying with too much of something, too sweet or too rich food |
prophet | a religious leader who speaks as the voice of God |
sacrifice | to dedicate, give up, or devote |
wry | dryly humorous often with a touch of irony |
synagogue | a place of meeting for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith |
Holocaust | genocide of European Jews and others by the Nazis during WWII |
satchel | a small bag for carrying clothes, books, etc. |