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................. **This is a list of some of the interesting words I found while** ................. ................................................................ **reading //Stones in Water.// Enjoy!!** ﻿.............................................................................

__gondoliere__ ~ the boatman who rows a gondola, or the boats that travel in the canals of Venice, Italy. __ghetto__ ~ a part of the city for all Jewish people, and they were forced to leave their homes to come live there. __campo__ ~ the center open area of the square, which could be used as a meeting place or an area for soldiers to practice drills. __liceo__ ~ Italian for high school. __Tripartite Pact__ ~ a pact signed by Italy, Germany, and Japan that formed an alliance between the three, also called the Axis Powers. __brot__ ~ the German word for bread. __wasser__ ~ the German word for water. __partigiani__ ~ a group in Italy who disagreed with the Nazis and tried to sabotage the war. __grotesque__ ~ odd, unnatural, or absurd. __tarmac__ ~ a runway for planes. __wurst__ ~ a German sausage.