Unit 3 Vocab

prominent

conspicuousin position or importance

bleak

offering little or no hope

ghetto

the restricted quarter of European cities where Jews lived

delusion

an incorrect belief held in the face of opposing evidence

treatise

a formal text that treats a particular topic systematically

recind

cancel officially

strew

spread by scattering

weariness

temporary loss of strength and energy from hard work

indiscriminately

without paying attention to differences

oppressive

weighing heavily on the sense or spirit

surreptitiously

in a secretive manner

procession

the action of a group moving ahead in regular formation

hysteria

state of violent mental agitation

morale

a state of individual psychological well-being

conflagration

a very intense and uncontrolled fire

partisan

a passionate and even aggressive supporter of something

farce

an event or situation that is absurd, empty, or insincere

distinction

a discrimination between things as different

expulsion

the act of forcing out someone or something

convoy

a parade of land vehicles traveling together