1. Devil’s Arithmetic Vocabulary

2. unleavened
Made without yeast or any other leavening agent

3. gruesome
Causing horror and repugnance; frightful and shocking

4. uncomprehendingly
Not understanding; having little or no comprehension.

5. distorted
To twist out of a proper or natural relation of parts

6. guttural
Having a harsh grating quality, as certain sounds produced in the back of the mouth

7. steerage
The section of a passenger ship, originally near the rudder, providing the cheapest passenger accommodations.

8. compensation
Something, such as money, given or received as payment or reparation, as for a service or loss.

9. Devil’s Arithmetic
Chapters 3-4 vocabulary

10. droned
To speak in a dull monotonous tone.

11. injustice
an unjust act or occurrence.
lack of fairness or justice.

12. rousing
exciting; stirring.

13. cascades
Something that falls in stages down a steep slope.

14. exodus
a mass departure of people: exit

15. mortified
Embarrassed or humiliated.

16. cloying
satisfying

17. conspiratorial
Secretly plotting

18. Devil’s Arithmetic Chapters 5-6

19. Furrow
A narrow trench in the earth

20. companionable
Friendly: agreeable

21. Sloven
Unclean person

22. timidity
shyness

23. Chapter 7-8

24. vigor
energy

25. compression
reduction

26. dour
gloomy

27. appalled
shocked

28. Involuntary
Not by choice

29. mesmerized
Captivated; hypnotized

30. jostling
Bouncing; bumping

31. lucid
Clear-headed

32. Devil’s Arithmetic
Chapters 9-10 Vocabulary

33. undistinguishable
unable to be recognized

34. adamant
not willing to change an opinion or decision : very determined

35. decreed
an official order given by a government

36. billet
to house or position soldiers

37. desecrated
to ruin or violate

38. crematoria
a furnace used for the cremation of bodies

39. periphery
edge; fringe

40. tremulous
shaking or quivering slightly.

41. alienates
Causes someone to feel isolated; distances oneself from someone

42. impudent
arrogant; showing no respect

43. Devil’s arithmetic Chapters 11-12

44. vehemence
the display of strong feeling; passion.

45. vulnerable
susceptible to physical or emotional attack or harm.

46. discernible
able to be discerned; recognized

47. garish
obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.

48. affirmation
the action or process of affirming something or being affirmed.

49. ingrate
an ungrateful person.

50. ominous
giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.

51. dissipating
with reference to a feeling or other intangible thing) disappear or cause to disappear.

52. Devil’s Arithmetic chapters 13-14

53. based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.
arbitrary  

54. difficult to find, catch, or achieve.
elusive

55. make a continuous low humming sound.
drone

56. making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise.
raucous

57. a place of refuge or safety.
sanctuary