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the breadwinner 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chador | head covering, veil, and shawl usually by Muslim women |
| forbid | to order not to do |
| burqa | garment that covers the face and body and is worn in public by certain Muslim women |
| intricate | difficult to resolve or analyze |
| taliban | a fundamentalist Islamic militia in Afghanistan |
| looter | one that loots. means that steals |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| hospitable | promising or suggesting generous and friendly welcome |
| turban | a headdress resembling a turban |
| exhaustion | the act or process of exhausting : the state of being exhausted |
| collapse | to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely : fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure |
| basin | a dock built in a harbor or a river that is noticeably affected by the tide |
| sensible | of a kind to be felt or perceived: such as |
| eternity | a seemingly endless or immeasurable time |
| preoccupied | previously applied to another group and unavailable for use in a new sense —used of a biological generic or specific name |
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