The Kite Runner - Vocabulary Chapters 1-4 Flashcards by Eva-Love Pépin | Brainscape

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Affluent

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Wealthy

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Tapestries

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Fabric that covers walls

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Chandelier

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A big hanging light

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Vaulted

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A room forming a half cylinder

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Congenital

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An abnormality present from birth

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Perpetually

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Continuously

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Skeptic

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Someone that doubts a lot

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Scoffed

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Making fun of someone/something

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Virtuous

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Having high moral standards

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Intricacies

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Complicated details

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Exhilarating

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Exciting

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Liability

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Someone/something likely to cause embarrassment/difficulty

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Mêlée

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Confused crowd of people

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Jostled

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Push, struggle

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Vehemently

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Passionately

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Revving

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Increasing the running speed of an engine

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Nemesis

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Enemy

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Obstinacy

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Inflexibility

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Irony

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Words that are used to mean the opposite