Manzanar Vocabulary Ch. 1-2

The male head of a family or tribe.

A person (or people) who engage(s) in sabotage.

Seek to obtain (something, typically food or money) at the expense or through the generosity of others or by stealth.

To subject (someone) to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs.

The action of interrogating or the process of being questioned.

(of a substance) allowing light, but not detailed shapes, to pass through; semitransparent.

The sheltered side of something; the side away from the wind.

Giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious.

A period of keeping awake during the time usually spent asleep, especially to keep watch or pray.

Belonging to a foreign country or nation.

The action of evacuating a person or a place. To leave or cause the occupants to leave (a place of danger).

Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless.

Lessen, reduce, or remove (especially a nuisance).