Anne Frank:The Diary of a Young Girl

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indescribably• Adverb

• Unusually; extraordinarily

The rainbow we saw was indescribably beautiful!

concentration camp• Noun

• A fenced and guarded camp for keeping prisoners of war, refugees, and political prisoners

overawed• Adjective

• extremely respectful or fearful

stifled• verb

• smothered or suffocated

chattels• noun

• anything movable that is owned by someone

quarters• noun

• Living space

The quarters in many college dorm rooms are cramped and crowded.

ration• Noun

• a fixed allowance of something like food

Eli and Miep collected our rations for us.

impression• noun

• a picture in the mind; an idea about

via• Preposition

• by way of; by

You can travel via car, plane or by foot.

confide• Verb

• tell secrets to