Anne Frank Word Search
Play a Anne Frank word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the life, work, and legacy of a famous figure, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: DIARY, HIDING, SECRET, ANNEX, AMSTERDAM, NAZI, HOLOCAUST, JEWISH, PERSECUTION, COURAGE, HOPE, WRITING.
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Anne Frank word list, defined
- DIARY /ˈdaɪəri/ · noun
- A book in which one keeps a daily record of events, experiences, and personal thoughts; also, a planner or datebook used to note appointments and engagements. Related: journal, daybook, logbook, memoir.
- HIDING /ˈhaɪdɪŋ/ · verb (present participle and gerund); noun
- As a verb, hiding means concealing something or keeping oneself out of view. As a noun, a hiding is a place where someone or something is concealed. Related: concealing, obscuring, screening, veiling.
- SECRET British & US: /ˈsiːkrət/ · noun, adjective, verb
- As a noun, a secret is information that is known only to a small number of people or is intended to remain hidden. As an adjective, it means concealed, private, or not publicly known; as a verb, it means to keep something secret or make it known, especially in a formal or literary context. Related: confidential information, hidden fact, private matter, concealment.
- ANNEX /əˈnɛks/ (verb); /ˈænɛks/ (noun) · verb and noun
- As a verb, to annex means to add or attach something, especially territory, to a larger entity, typically by appropriation or conquest. As a noun, an annex is a building or section added onto a larger one. Related: appropriate, seize, acquire, add.
- NAZI /ˈnɑːtsi/ · noun
- A member of the Nazi Party, the fascist political movement that ruled Germany under Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945 and was responsible for genocide, war crimes, and persecution on a massive scale. The term is strongly offensive when used to refer to its members or ideology, except in historical, educational, or explicitly critical contexts. Related: National Socialist.
- HOLOCAUST /ˈhoʊləkɔːst/ (US); /ˈhəʊləkɒːst/ (UK) · noun
- The Holocaust was the systematic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. The term also refers more generally to a large-scale act of destruction, though this broader use can be regarded as inappropriate when applied to other events. Related: Shoah, genocide, massacre, extermination.
- PERSECUTION /pərˈsekjʊʃən/ · noun
- The cruel, persistent, or systematic mistreatment of someone, especially because of their beliefs, identity, or membership in a group. The word can also refer more generally to severe and repeated harassment or oppression. Related: oppression, mistreatment, harassment, victimization.
- COURAGE /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/ · noun
- The ability to do something that frightens one; strength in the face of pain, danger, or difficulty. Related: bravery, valor, fortitude, nerve.
- HOPE /həʊp/ (British); /hoʊp/ (US) · noun and verb
- As a noun, hope means a belief or expectation that something good will happen. As a verb, it means to want something to happen or to believe, without certainty, that it will happen. Related: wish, expectation, belief, optimism.
- WRITING /ˈraɪtɪŋ/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, writing means the activity or skill of putting language into written form, or the written work produced by that activity. As a verb, it is the present participle of write, referring to the act of recording words, ideas, or information in written form. Related: composition, prose, script, copy.
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