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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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14.) Gingerly

• Meaning: With great care or caution;

• Sentence: " Gingerly I walked up the drive way.." (260)

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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

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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

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17.) Peshawar

• Meaning: A city in North Pakistan

• Sentence: " I come from Peshawar" ( 252)

• http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/09/201293504611129.html

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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