| A | B |
|---|
| pipel | German for a young apprentice or assistant, in this case an assistant to the Kapos |
| cleft | split or divided |
| inadequate | failing to reach an expected or required level or standard |
| reprieve | temporary relief from something harmful, especially danger or pain |
| indulgently | in a permissive, tolerant way, such as to humor somebody's wishes |
| conviction | firmly held belief |
| emigrate | to leave a place, especially a native country, to go and live in another country |
| ghetto | an area of a city lived in by a minority group, especially a run-down and densely populated area lived in by a group that experiences discrimination |
| indiscriminately | in a random, haphazard, or confused manner |
| truncheon | a baton carried as a symbol of rank or authority; a police officer's club |
| quarantine | a place in which people or animals spend a period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
| expulsion | the forcing out of something or somebody from something |
| waiflike | resembling someone, usually a young person, with a thin fragile appearance who looks needy |
| gallows | a wooden frame, usually made of two upright posts and a crossbeam with a noose attached, used to execute people by hanging |
| fascist | somebody who supports or advocates a system of government characterized by dictatorship, centralized control of private enterprise, repression of all opposition and extreme nationalism |
| defiance | open, bold, or hostile refusal to obey or conform |
| queue | to form a line while waiting for something |
| encumber | to burden or weigh down somebody or something; to hamper or impede |
| divinity | the qualities associated with being God, a god, or a goddess |
| cynical | doubting or contemptuous of human nature or of the motives, goodness, or sincerity of others |
| alleged | claimed but not yet proven to have taken place, have been committed, or be as described |
| lorries | large vehicles for transporting goods by road |
| unsentimental | not emotional; unaffected by emotional matters |
| epidemic | outbreak of a disease that spreads more quickly and more extensively among a group of people than would normally be expected |
| keen | quick to understand things |
| insignificant | not important |
| anecdote | a short personal account of an incident or event |
| innumerable | too many to be counted |
| mysticism | the belief that personal communication or union with the divine is achieved through intuition, faith, ecstasy, or sudden insight rather than through rational thought |
| initiation | action that causes something, especially an important process or event, to begin |
| extraction | taking away or getting rid of something |
| pathetic | provoking or expressing feelings of pity |
| pillage | to steal goods using force, especially during a war |
| deportee | somebody who has been or is waiting to be deported |
