Unit 5: Novel Study: Refugee, Pages 1–170

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  1. refugee
    an exile who flees for safety
  2. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  3. truncheon
    a short stout club used primarily by police officers
  4. omen
    a sign of a thing about to happen
  5. condemn
    express strong disapproval of
  6. sheepish
    marked by docility or stupidity or meekness or timidity
  7. Sabbath
    a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians
  8. desert
    leave in order to join an opposing cause, country, or army
  9. infidel
    a person who does not acknowledge your god
  10. lull
    a pause during which things are calm
  11. fraught
    filled with or attended with
  12. paranoia
    a mental disorder characterized by delusions of persecution
  13. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  14. alien
    from another place or part of the world
  15. leviathan
    monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament
  16. sluice
    pour as if from a conduit that carries a rapid flow of water
  17. dinghy
    a small boat of shallow draft
  18. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  19. reel
    be dizzy, disoriented, or bewildered
  20. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  21. haphazard
    dependent upon or characterized by chance
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