Kite Runner Vocab

Question 1

Vaulted

Answer 1

Arched ceiling…?

Question 2

Perpetually

Answer 2

Something continuous

Question 3

Scoffed

Answer 3

Mock or laugh at someone

Question 4

Virtuous

Answer 4

Behaving in a morally correct and pure way

Hassan

Question 5

Revving

Answer 5

When an engine speeds

Question 6

Liability

Answer 6

Something causing a lot of problems

Question 7

Intricacies

Answer 7

Lots of details

Question 8

Dismissive

Answer 8

Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration

Question 9

Melee

Answer 9

A big gathering of people (fight…)

Question 10

Epiphany

Answer 10

A sudden perception of an insight

Question 11

Permeate

Answer 11

The spreading of the tumor

Question 12

Vehemently

Answer 12

Said passionately with conviction

Question 13

Nemesis

Answer 13

Something that causes harm to a person

Question 14

Squabble

Answer 14

Fighting meaningless fights

Question 15

Carcinoma

Answer 15

Malignant tumorales /spreading cancer

Question 16

Cretin

Answer 16

Really stupid

Question 17

Obstinacy

Answer 17

Being stubborn

Question 18

Unwittingly

Answer 18

Unintentionally / without realizing

Question 19

Trepidation

Answer 19

A fear and hesitation

Question 20

Gnarled

Answer 20

Something old and twisted

Question 21

Demise

Answer 21

The end of something or someone

Question 22

Tarpaulin

Answer 22

A heavy sheet or cover

Question 23

Lumbering

Answer 23

moving very slowly

Question 24

Integrity

Answer 24

Being honest and firm in the believed moral principles(Baba)

Question 25

Shrouded

Answer 25

To cover or wrap

Question 26

Exhilarating

Answer 26

Something thrilling and joyful

Question 27

Cardamom

Answer 27

An eatable kinda spice/plant

Question 28

Metastasized

Answer 28

The spread of the malignant cells into other body parts

Question 29

Chastise

Answer 29

To discipline someone for doing wrong / critize

Question 30

Posh

Answer 30

Something that is elegant and fashionable

Question 31

Chuff

Answer 31

A rustic laugh/sound

Question 32

Presumptuous

Answer 32

Saying or doing something without the right or permission

Question 33

Tapestries

Answer 33

a large piece of heavy cloth with a picture woven into it using colored threads.

Question 34

Stench

Answer 34

An unpleasant smell

Question 35

Imminent

Answer 35

Something unpleasant, likely to occur at any moment soon

Question 36

Drone

Answer 36

To speak in a monotonous tone

Question 37

Jostled

Answer 37

Bumping into people

Question 38

Wary

Answer 38

Being watchful and cautious

Question 39

Oblivion

Answer 39

The state of being completely forgotten or unknown

Question 40

Snickered

Answer 40

A quiet, disrespectful laugh

Question 41

Burlap

Answer 41

A thick, rough fabric that is used for making sacks

Question 42

Relic

Answer 42

A surviving memory of something past

Question 43

Oblige

Answer 43

To require or constrain something

Question 44

Haphazardly

Answer 44

A lack of order and organization. Something random.

Question 45

Hunkered

Answer 45

To squat on one's heels(hunch)

Question 46

Tote

Answer 46

To carry something

Question 47

Calloused

Answer 47

Something hardened

Question 48

Hermorrhage

Answer 48

A serious internal bleeding

Question 49

Paunchy

Answer 49

A fat belly

Question 50

Irrevocably

Answer 50

Something that cannot be changed or annulled or recalled

Question 51

Teeming

Answer 51

A crowded place... too many moving humans /animals

Question 52

Turmoil

Answer 52

A state of great commotion confusion or disturbance

Question 53

Eccentric

Answer 53

Something abnormal /strange

Question 54

Morbidly

Answer 54

Describing a pleasure or interest in strange things | Some people are morbidly fascinated with crimes