ela vocab for refugee unit

vocab test today so I'm cooked

Hijab

A head covering worn in public by some muslim women.

Visa

An official mark or stamp on a passport that allows someone to enter or leave a country usually for a particular reason.

Asylum

Protection given by a government to someone who has left another country in order to escape being harmed.

Smuggler

Someone who moves (someone or something) from one country into another sideways or forward motion.

Lurch

To make a sudden sideways or forward motion

Torah

The wisdom and law contained in Jewish sacred writings and oral traditions

Apocalypse

A great disaster; a sudden and very bad event that causes much fear, loss, or destruction.

Squalid

Very dirty and unpleasant

Synagogue

A building that is used for Jewish religious services.

Bar mitzvah

A ceremony and celebration for a Jewish boy at the age of 13 when he takes on the religious duties and responsibilities of an adult