Glossary

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antibiotics- medicine perscribed to you by a doctor to kill bad bacteria that has entered your immune system.

appearing- to come into existance.

authority- Power assigned to another.

Bow- A bent, curved or arched object.

Boycott- To abstain from or act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion.

Chancellor- Any of various officials of high rank, especially a secretary to a monarch or noble.

circulars- a printed advertisement, directive, or notice intended for mass distribution.

Concentration Camp- A camp where civilians, enemy aliens, political prisoners, and sometimes prisoners of war are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions.

Constructive- (1) Serving to improve or advance; helpful: constructive criticism. (2) Of or relating to construction; structural. (3) Law. Based on an interpretation; not directly expressed.

Contributed- to give or to supply in common with others; give to a common fund of for a common purpose.

Decline- To decrease in size.

Dictator- An absolute ruler; A tryant.

Dictorial- Tending to dictate; domineering.

diseases- major illnesses

Expelled- To be permanently removed from one or more places.

Fatal- Deadly

Habitual- Nature of habit

Hereditary Diseases- A pathological condition caused by an absent or defective gene or by a chromosomal aberration.

Maiden Voyage - This term, originally meaning the first voyage of a ship, was first recorded in 1901, but the use of maiden to signify "the first time" dates from the mid-1500s.

Optomistic- One who usually expects a favorable outcome.

pamphlets- An unbound printed work, usually with a paper cover.

Prohibit- To prevent, preclude, and/or forbid by authority

prosperous- having succsess.

Qualifications- The act of qualifying or the condition of being qualified.

Reduction- The act or process of reducing.

Renaissance- The period of this revival, roughly the 14th century, marking the transitions from medieval times to modern times.11

Reichstag- The national representative body of Hungary, consisting of a House of Magnates (including archdukes, peers, high officials of the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Protestant Churches, and certain other dignitaries) and a House of Representatives (in 1912 consisting of 453 members).

Remedies- Something, such as medicine or therapy, that relieves pain, cures disease, or corrects a disorder.

Seeking- To search for

Stern- The rear part of a ship or a boat.

Stock Market- A place where stocks, bonds, or other securities are bought and sold.

Stranded- To be cut off or left behind.

Struck- To contact suddenly and violently.

Suicide- When someone takes their own life.

Synagogue- A Jewish place of worship.

Tragedy/Tragedies- A disastrous event/events.