English I 2026 - Exit West by Mohsin Hamid, Vocab

Accrue

(v.) to grow or accumulate over time; to happen as a natural result

Acquiesce

(v.) to accept without protest; to agree or submit

Benevolence

(n.) kindness, generosity, charity

Cessation

(n.) a stopping; a discontinuance

Conciliatory

(adj.) appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile

Countenance

(n.) a person's face or facial expression

Disconcerting

(adj.) causing one to feel unsettled; upsetting, frustrating

Emanate

(v.) to come forth; to send forth

Idyllic

(adj.) simple and pleasant, naturally peaceful

Immigrant

(n.) a person who comes to a country where they were not born to settle there

Immutable

(adj.) not subject to change, constant

Impetuous

(adj.) acting or done quickly and without thought or care, impulsive

Innocuous

(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant

Interminable

(adj.) endless, so long as to seem endless

Islamophobia

(n.)dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force.

Muster

(v.) to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include

Nativist

(n.) or (adj.) a person who favors those born in his country and is opposed to immigrants

Ostentatious

(adj.) marked by conspicuous or pretentious display, showy

Portentous

(adj.) foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous

Refugee

(n.) person who flees to another country to escape persecution or disaster

Tangential

(adj) only slightly relevant, going off topic

Transient

(adj.) lasting only a short time, fleeting; (n.) one who stays only a short time

Turbid

(adj.) muddy, opaque, in a state of great confusion

Xenophobia

(n.) a fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers