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The Kite Runner
Chapters 1-3
Term | Definition |
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Aloof | apart, indifferent, detached, unconcerned |
Append | to add in a supplementary manner |
Atrophy | to waste away, to wither |
Disdain | intense dislike, to reject as unworthy |
Garrulous | talkative |
Impish | mischievous |
Infidel | a person who has no religious faith |
Jostled | to bump or push, as in a crowd |
Martyr | someone who suffers persecution or death for a cause |
Notorious | widely and unfavorably known |
Oscillating | moving back and forth |
Quell | to quiet or to put down a disturbance |
Scrupulous | very principled, careful and conscientious |
Shard | a fragment of a brittle substance |
Veracity | devotion to the truth, accuracy |