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Spelling Bee- Slavic Languages
Study words out of myspellit.com- Basic then Challenge
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7th Grade
01/13/2011

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KNISH

: a small round or square of dough stuffed with a filling (as potato) and baked or fried
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TROIKA

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: a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast; also : a team for such a vehicle
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: a group of three; especially : an administrative or ruling body of three
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KREMLIN

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: the citadel of a Russian city
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capitalized [the Kremlin, citadel of Moscow and seat of government of Russia and formerly of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] : the Russian government
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PERMIAN

: of, relating to, or being the last period of the Paleozoic era or the corresponding system of rocks — see geologic time table
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KISHKE

: beef or fowl casing stuffed (as with meat, flour, and spices) and cooked
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BOLSHEVIK

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: a member of the extremist wing of the Russian Social Democratic party that seized power in Russia by the Revolution of November 1917
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NEBBISH

: a timid, meek, or ineffectual person
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KIELBASA

: a smoked sausage of Polish origin
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TCHOTCHKE

: knickknack, trinket
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APPARATCHIK

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: a member of a Communist apparat
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: a blindly devoted official, follower, or member of an organization (as a corporation or political party) <a movie studio apparatchik>
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COMMISSAR

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a : a Communist party official assigned to a military unit to teach party principles and policies and to ensure party loyalty b : one that attempts to control public opinion or its expression
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: the head of a government department in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics until 1946
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