Wednesday, December 16, 2009

New 'Kite Runner' Vocab.

Pg. 196: Rickshaw: Also called jinrikisha a small two-wheeled passenger vehicle drawn by one or two men

Pg. 202: Ruminate: to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly

Pg. 203: Emaciated: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

Pg. 207: Contemptuous: showing or feeling contempt; disdainful

Pg. 210: Cavernous: suggestive of a cavern in vastness, darkness, etc.

Pg. 213: Relic: Something that has survived the passage of time, especially an object or custom whose original culture has disappeared.

Pg. 214: Stupefied: To dull the senses or faculties of.

Pg. 216: Unadulterated: Not mingled or diluted with extraneous matter; pure.

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