The White Tiger "The Fifth Night"

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As you read Aravind Adiga's novel, learn these lists: The First Night, The Second Night, The Fourth Morning, The Fourth Night, The Fifth Night, The Sixth Morning, The Sixth Night, and The Seventh Night.
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  1. minuscule
    very small
    The Rooster Coop doesn't always work with minuscule sums of money.
  2. dawn
    the first light of day
    Every day millions wake up at dawn—stand in dirty, crowded buses—get off at their masters' posh houses—and then clean the floors, wash the dishes, weed the garden, feed their children, press their feet—all for a pittance.
  3. pamphlet
    a small book usually having a paper cover
    The answer to the first question is that the pride and glory of our nation, the repository of all our love and sacrifice, the subject of no doubt considerable space in the pamphlet that the prime minister will hand over to you, the Indian family, is the reason we are trapped and tied to the coop.
  4. trickle
    run or flow slowly, as in drops or in an unsteady stream
    A trickle of urine was running down them.
  5. compensation
    the act of making amends for service, loss, or injury
    Wanting to find the family of the child and give them compensation—craziness.
  6. spasm
    a painful and involuntary muscular contraction
    My father said, 'No, don't marry her, she's of another…' I…" Mr. Ashok turned his head to the side, and I rubbed his back, thinking he might throw up again, but the spasm passed.
  7. soothing
    affording physical relief
    I put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him.
  8. loathe
    dislike intensely; feel disgust toward
    Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love—or do we love them behind a facade of loathing?
  9. facade
    the front of a building
    Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love—or do we love them behind a facade of loathing?
  10. silhouette
    a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object
    I saw the silhouettes of the slum dwellers close to one another inside the tents; you could make out one family—a husband, a wife, a child—all huddled around a stove inside one tent, lit up by a golden lamp.
  11. huddle
    a disorganized and densely packed crowd
    I saw the silhouettes of the slum dwellers close to one another inside the tents; you could make out one family—a husband, a wife, a child—all huddled around a stove inside one tent, lit up by a golden lamp.
  12. kick the bucket
    die
    Mr. Ashok kicked the bucket, and the water spilled all over the floor.
  13. insomniac
    someone who cannot sleep
    Even at night, the construction work goes on in Gurgaon—big lights shine down from towers, and dust rises from pits, scaffolding is being erected, and men and animals, both shaken from their sleep and bleary and insomniac, go around and around carrying concrete rubble or bricks.
  14. trough
    a long narrow shallow receptacle
    Behind this ass, two smaller ones, of the same color, were also saddled with metal troughs full of rubble.
  15. innovator
    someone who helps to open up a new line of technology or art
    Servants have to keep other servants from becoming innovators, experimenters, or entrepreneurs.
Created on Wed May 15 05:52:24 EDT 2013 (updated Fri Jun 14 03:08:26 EDT 2013)

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