Kite Runner Flashcards
Liability
Someone who is a disadvantage / something for which one is held responsible
Contrite
Feeling of regret and sorrow for ones sins or offenses; penitent; remorseful
To hone
To sharpen, practice, and perfect a skill
Staccato
Musical notes or sounds that are quick and sharp–not smoothly connected
Entourage
A group of people who serve or attend to someone needs; a retinue
Integrity
Faithfulness to admirable morals or standards; being whole or completely sound
Viable
Capable of becoming actual, real, and useful
Austere
Stern or severe in attitude or manner / very simple or plain / self-disciplined
Chasm
Wide split, separation
Harried
Troubles persistently with petty annoyances; agitated and distracted
Embodiment
Concrete, tangible form of something that is abstract, as in “he is the embodiment of honor”
To sluice
To flood, drench as in a flow of released water
Precipitous
Very steep, like a precipice
Precipitously=hastily
Guttural
Consonant sound uttered from the back of the mouth or throat; growl-like
To encapsulate
To contain
Acrid
Sharp, bitter taste or meaning
Prognosis
After a diagnosis, the doctor predicts the future health in his/her prognosis
Palliative
Having a calming, soothing effect
Cursory
Done with careless or excessive speed (mental reading/scanning process)
Arduous
Requiring difficult physical or mental effort
To enunciate
Speak, utter
Impunity
Immunity
Garrulous
Pointlessly or annoyingly talkative; loquacious
