The Kite Runner

JARED P.
Student-selected Vocabulary from the book of the same name.
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  1. worship
    show devotion to, as a deity
    (Hosseini, 34)
  2. notion
    a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
    (Hosseini, EBOOK 28)
  3. confront
    oppose, as in hostility or a competition
    (Hosseini, 20)
  4. comrade
    a term of address for males engaged in the same movement
    "The rafiqs, the comrades, were everywhere and they'd split Kabul into two groups: those who eavesdropped and those who didn't" (Hosseini, 127).
    (Hosseini,127)
  5. restraint
    the act of controlling by holding someone or something back
    (Hosseini,116)
  6. disdain
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    "But despite sharing ethnic heritage and family blood, Sanaubar joined the neighborhood kids in taunting Ali. I have heard that she made no secret of her disdain for his appearance" (Hosseini, 9).
  7. merciful
    showing or giving forgiveness
    (Hosseini,109)
  8. affliction
    a cause of great suffering and distress
    (Hosseini, 13)
  9. sanctuary
    a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
    (Hosseini, 62)
  10. huddle
    crowd or draw together
    (Hosseini, 7)
  11. redemption
    the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil
    (Hosseini, 71)
  12. perpetually
    everlastingly; for all time
    (Hosseini, 27)
  13. furrow
    make or become wrinkled or creased
    (Hosseini, 89)
  14. fragile
    easily broken or damaged or destroyed
    (Hosseini,238)
  15. immerse
    cause to be submerged
    (Hosseini, 95)
  16. cleft
    a split or indentation in something
    (Hosseini, 3)
  17. unscrupulous
    without principles
    "People had raised their eyebrows when Ali, a man who had memorized the Koran, married Sanaubar, a woman nineteen years younger, a beautiful but notoriously unscrupulous woman who lived up to her dishonorable reputation" (Hosseini, 7).
    (Hosseini,238)
  18. reputable
    held in high esteem and honor
    (Hosseini, EBOOK 19)
  19. intricacy
    the quality of having elaborately complex detail
    (Hosseini, 17)
  20. guileless
    innocent and free of deceit
    (Hosseini, 86)
  21. unabashed
    not embarrassed
    (Hosseini, 73)
  22. unwavering
    marked by firm determination or resolution
    (Hosseini, 96)
  23. entourage
    the group following and attending to some important person
    (Hosseini, 41)
  24. aloofness
    a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner
    "That was how I escaped my father’s aloofness, in my dead mother’s books" (Hosseini,17).
  25. melancholic
    characterized by or causing or expressing sadness
    (Hosseini, 217)
Created on Mon Jan 06 00:53:36 EST 2014 (updated Mon Jan 06 19:00:28 EST 2014)

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