"A New Home" by Dori Samadazi Bonner - flashcards

Taboo

(adj) A social or religious custom forbidding discussion of a certain, practice, place, person, or thing.

Regime

(n) A government especially an authoritarian one

Forged

(adj) copied fraudulently; fake

Asylum

(n) Protection granted to a refugee when they immigrate from their own country; a safe temporary place

Immigration

(n) The action of going to live in a place permanently in a foreign country; or the place at an airport/countries border where gov’t officials check documents of people entering the country

Attorney

(n) A lawyer or a person appointed to act for another in business for legal matters

Deportation

(n) The action of deporting a foreigner from a country

Demeaning

(adj) Causing someone lose their dignity and the respect of others

Communist

(n) A person who supports the principles of communism ; adhering to or based on the principles of communism