VOCABULARY BY KAYLI TORGERSON 1 Aloofness That is

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/markfinkelstein/2012/06/05/tina-brown-bops-obama-aloofnot-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= DFWMYgqg. Oq. U&persist_safety_mode=1&desktop_ uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 DDFWMYgqg. Oq. U%26 safety _mode%3 Dtrue%26 persist_safety_mode%3 D 1

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/tablacamp-music-workshop-for-kid-drummers

4. ) Shirked • "He shirked the austere. . . " (61) • Def: To evade • http: //m. youtube. com/#/watch? safety_mode=true&v= An. Um 2_OGQDY&persist_safety_mode=1&desktop_ uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 DAn. Um 2_OGQDY%26 safety _mode%3 Dtrue%26 persist_safety_mode%3 D

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&clie nt=safari&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=55 UUY KGGOPR 0 w. G 0 ho. Gg. Ag&ved=0 CAk. Q_AUo. AQ&biw= 1024&bih=644#biv=i%7 C 0%3 Bd%7 C 5 APlg. Rt 2 u. JSj. Y M%3 A

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=WOi 0 Gjf. Rk. S 4&des ktop_uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 DWOi 0 Gjf. Rk. S 4

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=My. Obf. BBts. SM&de sktop_uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 DMy. Obf. BBts. SM

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=Tv 7 q. Kwi. TENs&des ktop_uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 DTv 7 q. Kwi. TENs

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-wasunconditionally-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=l. Jg Ua 6 PLo. Xw 0 g. G 33 IGYAQ&ved=0 CAYQ_AUo. AQ&bi w=1024&bih=644#biv=i%7 C 5%3 Bd%7 Cj 3 g. QMZum 6 Rfs-M%3 A

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=r. ZPZLabns 5 c&desk top_uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 Dr. ZPZLabns 5 c

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=i. PVVTv. Upu 0&desktop_uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 Di. PVVTv. Upu 0

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=r. Up. Xumr. Pp. Qc&des ktop_uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 Dr. Up. Xumr. Pp. Qc

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=f. S 22 t. HO 2 Dp. A&des ktop_uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 Df. S 22 t. HO 2 Dp. A

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&cli ent=safari&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=u 5 o. Ua jz. Be. Hi 0 g. HI 94 G 4 BA&ved=0 CAYQ_AUo. AQ&biw=102 4&bih=644#biv=i%7 C 1%3 Bd%7 CC_h 6 Xhq. Vg. LFb. M%3 A

17. ) Peshawar • Meaning: A city in North Pakistan • Sentence: " I come from Peshawar" ( 252) • http: //www. aljazeera. com/news/asia/2012/09/201293 504611129. 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/2012/08/201281 852948844588. 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=F 5 0 UZCCJOKi 0 AGPp. YCw. AQ&ved=0 CAYQ_AUo. AQ& biw=1024&bih=644#biv=i%7 C 15%3 Bd%7 CRmu. Hk. P t. LNec. OVM%3 A

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/pakista ni-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/2013/02/201 32111254777386. 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=l. XQw 8 Zr. Di. TY&des ktop_uri=%2 Fwatch%3 Fv%3 Dl. XQw 8 Zr. Di. TYo

24. ) Queries • Meaning: Mental reservation • Sentence: "Considering how tactless Afghan queries can be sometimes" (365) • https: //www. google. com/search? q=queries&hl=en&cl ient=safari&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=X 54 Ub. GBBOqx 0 AHt. YHo. Dg&ved=0 CAk. Q_AUo. AQ&biw=1024&bih=644# biv=i%7 C 7%3 Bd%7 CC 5 -k. Xpjnw. Vf 3 c. M%3 A

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/2012/09/20129 1512714470776. html