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parvana's journey
vocabulary by JB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mullah | a Muslim scholar; man who studies the Islamic religion |
| shalwar kameez | long, loose shirt and trousers worn both by men and women |
| haphazard | happening or done in a way that has not been planned |
| tattered | torn, falling apart |
| burqa | a tent like garment worn only by women |
| displaced | forced someone or something to leave |
| parcel | package, something wrapped up |
| settlement | a state of settling or the state of being settled |
| refugees | someone fleeing a country for safety |
| fluttering | movement |
| eerie | something weird |
| Dari | one of the two Afghanistan languages |
| Pashtu | one of the two Afghanistan languages |
| toshak | a small thin mattress that is in a small room |
| vague | not clear or distinct |
| scavenged | looked for something to eat or something useful more |
| smuggled | took something and brought it somewhere it didn't belong and is illegal |
| exhausted | tired |
| glowered | the evil stare |
| fetched | to go and retrieve something |
| dwindle | to get smaller |
| straining | to exert energy |
| snarled | to growl threateningly or victious |
| jagged | sharp edged notches |
| conquered | to over come by force |
| sputtered | to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds from the mouth |
| exertion | a great deal of effort |
| grateful | thankfulness |
| soiled | something that is unclean |
| flicker | the power of turning on and off really fast without touching |
| sloshing | to move through water and to splash it |
| trembling | to be troubled with fear; shaking |
| grim | a fierce and cruel way |
| shuffled | to move your feet on the ground with friction |
| corrected 9/4/14 | corrected 9/4/14 |
| ramadan | the ninth month of the Muslim calendar |
| taunted | to provoke |
| frail | having delicate health |
| subsided | to become quiet |
| stunned | to deprive of consciousness or strength |
| overwhelmed | to overcome completely in mind or feeling |
| buzzards | any of several broad winged, soaring hawks |
| absence | period of being away |
| coax | attempt to influence |
| morsels | small portion of food |
| perch | a high or elevated position |
| scraggly | uneven |
| peddler | a person who tries to promote some cause |
| rubble | broken bits and pieces of anything |
| latrine | a toilet or something used as a toilet |
| rummaged | to search thoroughly or actively, especially by moving around |
| prodding | poke or jab with or as if with something pointed |
| pang | a sudden feeling of mental or emotional distress |
| entwining | twine with, about, around, or together. |
| appointed | provided with what is necessary |
| disdain | to look upon or treat with contempt |
| impulse | the influence of a particular feeling |
| salvaged | the property of being saved |
| insisted | resolute on some matter of desire |
| admiration | the act of looking on |
| whimpered | to cry with low, plaintive, broken sounds |
| billowing | to rise or roll in |
| mock | to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision |
| parched | to make dry, hot, or thirsty |
| malnutritions | lack of proper nutrition; inadequate or unbalanced nutrition |
| dehydration | an abnormal loss of water from the body, especially from illness or physical exertion |
| hovering | an abnormal loss of water from the body, especially from illness or physical exertion |
| scorn | open or unqualified contempt |
| flimsy | without material strength or solidity |
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