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Anne Frank The Diary Of a Young Girl vocabulary #1
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Language - English
6th Grade
01/31/2013

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adolescence
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the process or state of growing to maturity, mainly over the teen years
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melancholy
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mournful; depressed
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emigrate
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to leave one country or region to settle in another, migrate
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cinema
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a motion picture theater
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ardent
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having or characterized by intense feelings; passionate; intensely devoted
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gestapo
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the German state secret police during the Nazi regime, organized in 1933 and notorious for its brutal methods
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blithe
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joyous, merry, cheerful; carefree
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inherit
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to receive or come into possession of
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propaganda
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information, ideas, or rumors purposely spread to help or harm a person or group
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seize
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to take possession of suddenly by force
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enhance
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to raise to a higher degree
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appoint
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to assign to a position or office
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speculation
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an opinion reached bu the examination or consideration of a subject
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fanatic
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a person with extreme enthusiasm
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handkerchief
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a small piece of linen or fabric used for wiping one's face or for decorative purposes
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forbidden
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not allowed
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