The Unwanted: List 2

by Don Brown
This powerful, award-winning graphic novel brings the Syrian refugee crisis to life.

This list covers pages 46–90.

Here are links to our lists for the book: List 1, List 2, List 3
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  1. exodus
    a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
    The exodus from Syria continues.
  2. sanction
    approve or show acceptance of
    There are no government-sanctioned camps.
  3. plight
    a situation from which extrication is difficult
    The plight of unregistered refugees is grueling.
  4. grueling
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
    The plight of unregistered refugees is grueling.
  5. textile
    of or relating to fabrics or fabric making
    Kids pick potatoes, labor in textile factories, or wash dishes.
  6. exploit
    work excessively hard
    Girls are exploited and earn half the wages of boys.
  7. maim
    injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration
    Sometimes basements are converted into schools to avoid the bombs and shells, but children are killed and maimed as they come and go.
  8. forage
    collect or look around for, as food
    A widow and her three children live in a park and forage for food.
  9. spare
    lacking embellishment or ornamentation
    It's better than living out in the open, but the spare dwelling might be all they will know from now on.
  10. pitfall
    an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty
    Despite the hazards, obstacles, and pitfalls of refugee life, Syrians still flee.
  11. buckle
    fold or collapse
    But Europe's — and the world's — "love" buckles beneath the huge exodus.
  12. migrant
    traveler who moves from one region or country to another
    The Hungarians erect razor-wire fences at their border, tear-gas migrants, and blast them with water cannons.
  13. demise
    the time when something ends
    Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán: "For us, Europe is at stake today: Europeans' way of life; European values; the survival or demise of European nations, or rather, their transformation beyond recognition."
  14. vigilant
    carefully observant or attentive
    The future US president Donald Trump: "I think Islam hates us...we have to be very vigilant, we have to be very careful."
  15. civilian
    a nonmilitary citizen
    By 2015, Syrian civilians who stayed behind are trapped.
  16. monotonous
    tediously repetitious or lacking in variety
    Food provided by the Greek army is monotonous and, at times, rejected by refugees; hundreds of meals can end up in the garbage.
  17. ravage
    cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
    Rebel strongholds in Aleppo, Syria's largest city, are ravaged.
  18. reign
    rule or have supreme power
    In the Greek camps, boredom reigns.
  19. plague
    cause to suffer a blight
    One camp is plagued by deadly vipers.
  20. brittle
    lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
    In Lebanon, 1.5 million refugees scrape out a brittle existence with little government help.
Created on Fri Feb 01 16:11:42 EST 2019 (updated Mon Feb 04 15:32:43 EST 2019)

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