The Kite Runner - Vocabulary
The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini - 78 words in order of appearance, as indicated: Please define these words so that you understand them before we being reading. You may do this as a group assignment.
Chapters 1-4: Affluent, tapestries, chandelier, vaulted, congenital, perpetually, skeptic, scoffed, virtuous, intricacies, exhilarating, liability, melee, jostled, vehemently, revving, nemesis, obstinacy, irony·
Chapters 5-7: Monarchy, unwittingly, harassing, trepidation, lorries, foyer, integrity, squabbling, gnarled, imminent, demise
Chapters 8-10: Lumbering, insomniac, embodiment, bazaar, drone, shrouded, withered, stench
Chapters 11-12: Cretin, permeate, cardamom, tarpaulin, suitor, carcinoma, palliative, metastasized, chastise
Chapters 13-16: Posh, ensuing, incessant, chuff, presumptuous
Chapters 17-21: Wary, oblivion, dismissive, snickered, burlap, relic, obliges, haphazardly, hunkered
Chapters 22-23: Tote, morbidly, calloused, hemorrhage, paunchy
Chapters 24-25: Irrevocably, teeming, turmoil, insomniac, epiphany, eccentric
Chapters 1-4: Affluent, tapestries, chandelier, vaulted, congenital, perpetually, skeptic, scoffed, virtuous, intricacies, exhilarating, liability, melee, jostled, vehemently, revving, nemesis, obstinacy, irony·
Chapters 5-7: Monarchy, unwittingly, harassing, trepidation, lorries, foyer, integrity, squabbling, gnarled, imminent, demise
Chapters 8-10: Lumbering, insomniac, embodiment, bazaar, drone, shrouded, withered, stench
Chapters 11-12: Cretin, permeate, cardamom, tarpaulin, suitor, carcinoma, palliative, metastasized, chastise
Chapters 13-16: Posh, ensuing, incessant, chuff, presumptuous
Chapters 17-21: Wary, oblivion, dismissive, snickered, burlap, relic, obliges, haphazardly, hunkered
Chapters 22-23: Tote, morbidly, calloused, hemorrhage, paunchy
Chapters 24-25: Irrevocably, teeming, turmoil, insomniac, epiphany, eccentric