dehumanization

dehumanization • E • to deprive of human qualities, personality, or spirit

civilian • A • one not on active duty in the armed services

Holocaust • B • the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II

anti-Semitism • D • hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group

concentration camp • C • a camp where persons (as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined

sheik • E • a man held to be irresistibly attractive to romantic young women

dowry • I • the money, good, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage

bachelor • D • an unmarried man

tenant • C • occupant, dweller

sanitarium • H • a place that provides therapy for treatment or rehabilitation

Idiom • an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meaning of its words • “It’s raining cats and dogs!” • “Out of the blue”

“look like a million dollars” • A • to appear attractive or prosperous

abundant • G • existing or occurring in large amounts

exhausted • B • to use all of someone's mental or physical energy; to tire or wear out

systematic • F • using a careful system or method; done according to a system

luxurious • very comfortable and expensive; richly appealing

convalescent • going through the process of becoming well again after an illness or injury

excrement • solid waste passed out of the body; feces

neurotic • over or always fearful or worried about something; tending to worry in a way that is not healthy or reasonable

nauseous • feeling like you are about to vomit

liquidate • to sell a business, property, etc., especially to pay off debt

“at my wits’ end” • at the limits of one's mental resources

“constant beck and call” • ready to obey one's command immediately

senile • showing a loss of mental ability (such as memory) in old age

suspicious • causing a feeling that something is wrong or that someone is behaving wrongly