click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
The Breadwinner 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chador | large cloth worn as a combination head covering, veil, and shawl usually by Muslim women especially in Iran |
| Forbid | to order not to do or to be done or used |
| Burqa | loose enveloping garment that covers the face and body and is worn in public by certain Muslim women |
| intricate | difficult to resolve or analyze |
| Taliban | fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan |
| looter | one that loots |
| Decree | : an order or decision given by one in authority |
| hospitable | generous and friendly in entertaining guests |
| Turban | a head covering worn especially by Muslims and made of a long cloth wrapped around the head or around a cap |
| Exhaustion | : the act or process of exhausting : the state of being exhausted |
| collapse | fall or shrink together abruptly |
| basin | wide usually round container with sloping or curving sides for holding liquids |
| Sensible | possible to take in by the senses or by reason or understanding |
| eternity | the quality or state of being eternal |
| preoccupy | to engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or preferentially |