Words chap. 1-10 -Kite Runner

Question 1

Tapestries

Answer 1

A piece of thick textile fabric by embroidering on canvas

Question 2

Chandelier

Answer 2

Decorative hanging light with branches of several light bulbs or candles

Question 3

Vaulted

Answer 3

A roof in the form if an arch or a series of arches

Question 4

Congenital

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A disease present from birth

Question 5

Perpetually

Answer 5

Never ending or changing

Constant

Question 6

Skeptic

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A person inclined to question or doubt all accepted opinions

Question 7

Scoffed

Answer 7

Speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way

Question 8

Virtuous

Answer 8

Having or showing high moral standards

Question 9

Intricacies

Answer 9

The quality of being very complicated or detailed

Question 10

Exhilarating

Answer 10

Make someone feel very happy, animated or elated

Question 11

Liability

Answer 11

A person whose presence or behaviour is likely to cause embarrassment or to put one in disavantage

Question 12

Melee

Answer 12

A confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle

Question 13

Jostled

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Push, elbow or bump against someone roughly, typically in a crowd

Question 14

Affluent

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Having a great deal of money

Wealthy

Question 15

Vehemently

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Showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate or intense

Question 16

Revving

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Increase the running speed of an engine by pressing the acceleration (especially while the clutch is dispensage)

Question 17

Nemesis

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The inescapable or implacable agent of someone’s or something downfall

Question 18

Obstinacy

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Stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so.

Question 19

Irony

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The expression of one’s meaning by using opposite, typically for humorous or empathic effect

Question 20

Monarchy

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A form of government with a monarch at the head.

Question 21

Unwittingly

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Not done on purpose; unintentional

Question 22

Harassing

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Subject to aggressive pressure or intimidation

Question 23

Trepidation

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A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

Question 24

Lorries

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A large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods and troops

Question 25

Foyer

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An entrance hall or other open area in a building used by the public especially in a hotel or theater

Question 26

Integrity

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The quality of being honest and having strong moral principes; moral uprightness

Question 27

Squabbling

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Quarrel noisily over a trial matter

Question 28

Gnarled

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Knobbly, rough, twisted, especially with age

Question 29

Imminent

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About to happen

Question 30

Demise

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A person’s death

Question 31

Lumbering

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Moving in a slow, heavy awkward way

Question 32

Insomniac

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Inability to sleep

Question 33

Embodiment

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A tangible or visible form of an idea, quality or feeling

Question 34

Bazaar

Answer 34

A market in a Middle Eastern country

Question 35

Drone

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Make a continuous low humming sound

Question 36

Shrouded

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A thing that envelops or obscures something

Question 37

Withered

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Cause to decline or deteriorate; weaken

Question 38

Stench

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A strong and very unpleasant smell