Collection 2: Reading Lolita in Tehran

As you read Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 9's Collection 2: texts about the 1963 March on Washington, Cairo: My City, Our Revolution, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Censors
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  1. gait
    a person's manner of walking
  2. Khomeini
    Iranian religious leader of the Shiites
  3. lackey
    a servile or submissive follower
  4. chador
    a cloth used as a head and body covering by Muslim women
  5. segregate
    separate by race or religion
  6. allocate
    distribute according to a plan or set apart for a purpose
  7. harass
    annoy continually or chronically
  8. progressive
    favoring or promoting change, often by government action
  9. humiliate
    cause to feel shame
  10. vulnerable
    susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
  11. endure
    put up with something or somebody unpleasant
  12. convert
    change religious beliefs, or adopt a religious belief
  13. confront
    deal with head on
  14. fabricate
    make up something artificial or untrue
  15. irrelevant
    having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue
Created on Thu Jul 03 15:40:04 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Jul 04 11:35:31 EDT 2014)

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