The Kite Runner English vocab quiz

affluent

adj; an abundant supply

Tapestries

noun; a heavy reversible textile that has designs or pictures woven into it and it is used as a wall hanging

Chandelier

noun; a branched lighting fixture suspending form the ceiling

Vaulted

adj; something built in the form of a vault

Congenital

adj; existing at or dating from birth

Perpetually

adj; continuing forever, everlasting

Skeptic

noun; one who believes in skepticism

Scoffed

verb; mock or eer

Virtuous

adj; having or showing virtue, especially moral virtue chaste/murality

Intricacies

noun; Having many complex interrelated parts, complex and complicated

Exhilarating

adj; enliven/stimulate

Liability

noun; disadvantage; quality/slate of being liable

Melee

noun; a confused struggle

Jostled

verb; to come in contact or collision

Vehemently

adverb; (doing something) with great force or energy

Revving

noun; a revolution of a motor

Nemesis

noun; one that inflicts retribution or vengence

Obstinacy

noun; fixed and unyielding

Irony

noun; the use of words to express the opposite of what one really means

Monarchy

noun; a nation or state governed by a monarch

Unwittingly

adverb; not knowing or unaware

Harassing

verb; exhuast/fatigue

Trepidation

noun; nervous agitation; apprehension

Lorries

noun; chiefly British; motor truck

Foyer

noun; Lobby: an entrance hallway

Integrity

noun; adherence to a code of values

Squabbling

noun; a noisy altercation:wrangle

Gnarled

adj; knotty; gloomy; sullen

Imminent

adj; ready to take place

Demise

noun; death/termination

Lumbering

verb; the business of cutting or getting timber or logs from the forest for lumber, of processing it for sale, and of marketing it

Insomniac

adj; affected with insomnia; a person suffering with insomnia

Embodiment

noun; the act of embodying or state or being embodied

Bazaar

noun; an oriental market place or market that usually consists of rows of shops or stalls where all kinds of goods are offered for sale

Shrouded

verb; to cover (as a person) for protection

Cretin

noun; a person showing marked mental deficiency

Permeate

adj; to diffuse through or penetrate something

Cardamom

noun; the aromatic capsular fruit of an East Indian herb (Elettaria Cardamom) the seeds of which are used as a condiment and in medicine as an adjuvant to other aromatics

Tarpaulin

noun; a piece or sheet of waterproofed canvas or other waterproof material used for covering or protecting goods, vehicles, athletic fields, or other exposed objects

Carcinoma

noun; a malignant tumor consisting of epithelial cells lying within the connective tissue framework of an organ or other structure of a human or an animal body

Palliative

adj; serving to palliate; something that palliates; a palliative agent or procedure

Metastasized

verb; to spread by metastasis-used chiefly of malignant tumors

Chastise

verb; to inflict pain or suffering on for punishment or reformation

chuff

verb; a sound made by or suggestive of noisy exhaust or exhalation; typically the sound of a steam engine

Presumptuous

adj; overstepping due bounds (as a propriety in conduct): assuming a prerogative, privilege, or permission without warrant

Incessant

adj; continuing or following without interruption; unceasing