Sunday, September 5, 2010

[Word Powers] Today's Words

Bestial (bes-chuh l) (Adj):

1)            Of, pertaining to, or having the form of a beast

Many of the native American tribes firmly uphold the belief that a person could assume bestial form after death.

2)            Without reason or intelligence; brutal; inhuman; savage

The new warden of the Lompoc penitentiary was appalled to see the bestial treatment being given to the prisoners there.

 

Pogrom (puh-gruhm) (Noun):

A massacre or persecution instigated by the government or by the ruling class against a minority group, particularly Jews

The pogroms that started in Russia during the reign of the czars claimed the life of thousands of innocent Jews.

 



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