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VOCABULARY BY: KAYLI TORGERSON. 1.) Aloofness. "That is how I escaped my fathers aloofness, in my dead mother's books." (19) Def: at a distance especially in feeling or intrest, http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2012/06/05/tina-brown-bops-obama-aloof-not-lovable. 2.) Shambled.
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1.) Aloofness • "That is how I escaped my fathers aloofness, in my dead mother's books." (19) • Def: at a distance especially in feeling or intrest, • http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2012/06/05/tina-brown-bops-obama-aloof-not-lovable
2.) Shambled • "I shambled about the Field on scraggy legs," (20) • Def: to walk or go awkwardly • http://m.youtube.com/#/watchsafety_mode=true&v=DFWMYgqgOqU&persist_safety_mode=1&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDFWMYgqgOqU%26safety_mode%3Dtrue%26persist_safety_mode%3D1
3.) Tabla • "...by adding electric guitars, drums, and horns to the traditional tabla and harmonium..." (61) • Def: A small drum of pair of drums of India tuned to different pitches and played with the hands • http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/495776444/tabla-camp-music-workshop-for-kid-drummers
4.) Shirked • "He shirked the austere..." (61) • Def: To evade • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?safety_mode=true&v=AnUm2_OGQDY&persist_safety_mode=1&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAnUm2_OGQDY%26safety_mode%3Dtrue%26persist_safety_mode%3D
5.) Bachem • meaning "my child" or "my baby" (pg. 175) • sentence: "how are you, bachem?" General Taheri said. • https://www.google.com/search?q=baby&hl=en&client=safari&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=55UUYKGGOPR0wG0hoGgAg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=644#biv=i%7C0%3Bd%7C5APlgRt2uJSjYM%3A
6.) Inshallah • means "god willing" (pg. 66) • sentence: "I know," he said, breaking our embrace."inshallah, we will celebrate later. Right now, I'm going to run that blue kite for you," he said. • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=WOi0GjfRkS4&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWOi0GjfRkS4
7.) Tashakor • means "thank you" (pg. 67) • sentence: I gave him my kite and spool, shook his hand. "Tashakor, Ali jan." • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=MyObfBBtsSM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMyObfBBtsSM
8.) Watan • Meaning: native home or country (pg. 174) • sentence: as the words of the Koran reverberated through the room, I thought of the old story of Baba wrestling a black bear in Baluchistan. Baba wrestled bears his whole life. Losing his young wife. Raising a son by himself. Leaving his beloved homeland, his watan. Poverty. Indignity. In the end, a bear had come that he couldn't best. • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Tv7qKwiTENs&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTv7qKwiTENs
9.) Irrevocably • impossible to revoke: impossible to revoke, change or undo • Pg 320: What happened in that room with Assef had irrevocably bound us. • http://www.hark.com/clips/qwtrtwsfbj-i-was-unconditionally-and-irrevocably-in-love-with-him
10.) Periphery • Meaning: position of little involvement • Pg 88: Hassan milled about the periphery of my life after that • https://www.google.com/search?q=periphery&hl=en&client=safari&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=lJg-Ua6PLoXw0gG33IGYAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=644#biv=i%7C5%3Bd%7Cj3gQMZum6Rfs-M%3A
11.) Mojarad • Meaning: young single men • Pg 146: Me a mojarad, a single young man, and she an unwed young woman. • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=rZPZLabns5c&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrZPZLabns5c
12.) Ghamkhori • Meaning: depression, feeling sorry for oneself • Pg 201: Often we wallow too much in ghamkori and self-pity. • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=iPVVT-vUpu0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiPVVT-vUpu0
13.) Chuff • Meaning: move with a regular or sharp puffing sound. • Sentence: "He let out a chuff of laughter," (201) • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=rUpXumrPpQc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrUpXumrPpQc
14.) Gingerly • Meaning: With great care or caution; • Sentence: " Gingerly I walked up the drive way.." (260)
15.) Incisors • Meaning: any of the four anterior teeth in each draw, used for cutting an gnawing • Sentence: " revealed missing lower incisors" (201) • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=fS22tHO2DpA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DfS22tHO2DpA
16.) Acacia • Meaning: A small tree of shrub belonging to the genus Acacia, of the mimosa family having clusters of small yellow flowers • Sentence: "There was a tandoor in the corner in the shadow of an acacia tree," (205) • https://www.google.com/search?q=acacia&hl=en&client=safari&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=u5oUajzBeHi0gHI94G4BA&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=644#biv=i%7C1%3Bd%7CC-_h6XhqVgLFbM%3A
17.) Peshawar • Meaning: A city in North Pakistan • Sentence: " I come from Peshawar" ( 252) • http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/09/201293504611129.html
18.) Mystic • Meaning: Of obscure or mysterious character or significance • Sentence: " I gave a lecture on the mystic Beydel" (249) • http://www.animelyrics.com/anime/esca/tnemstic.htm
19.) Mosque • Meaning: A Muslim temple or place of public worship • Sentence: " The mosque!" (315) • http://www.aljazeera.com/video/asia/2012/08/201281852948844588.html
20.) Convulsed • Meaning: To shake violently • Sentence: " His little body convulsed in my arms with each sob" (320) • https://www.google.com/search?q=convulsed&hl=en&client=safari&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=F50UZCCJOKi0AGPpYCwAQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=644#biv=i%7C15%3Bd%7CRmuHkPtLNecOVM%3A
21.) Mullah • Meaning: A title of respect for a person who is learned in, teaches or expounds the sacred law • Sentence: "The two mullahs were consulting each other" (323) • http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/02/pakistani-mullah-accused-girl-blasphemy
22.) Embassy • Meaning: The official headquarters of an ambassador • Sentence: "We don't have an American embassy in Kabul." (331) • http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/02/20132111254777386.htm
23.) Erroneous • Meaning: Straying from what is moral, decent, proper, ect • Sentence: " It would not be erroneous to say Sohrab was quiet" (361) • http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=lXQw8ZrDiTY&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DlXQw8ZrDiTYo
24.) Queries • Meaning: Mental reservation • Sentence: "Considering how tactless Afghan queries can be sometimes" (365) • https://www.google.com/search?q=queries&hl=en&client=safari&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=X54-UbGBBOqx0AH-tYHoDg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=644#biv=i%7C7%3Bd%7CC5-kXpjnwVf3cM%3A
25.) Consulate • Meaning: The premises officially occupied by a counsel • Sentence: "I went to the U.S. consulate," (308) • http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/09/201291512714470776.html