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The Kite Runner Vocabulary
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12th Grade
04/21/2015
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ambivalent
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mixed feelings, unable to choose between 2 sides
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momentary
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very brief, fleeting
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pragmatic
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practical,  realistic
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empathy
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sympathy, shared feelings
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furtive
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stealthy, sly, secret
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benevolent
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charitible, helping others
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surreal
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unreal, dreamlike
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impunity
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immune to punishment
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remorse
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deep and painful regret for wrongdoing
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rickshaw
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2 wheeled cart pulled by man
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squalid
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foul, dirty, neglected, filthy
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turmoil
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turbulence, disorder, tumult, confusion, upheaval
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profuseley
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abundant, in great amount
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garrulous
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talkative, rambling
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virtuous
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honesty, truthfulness
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veracity
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morally excelent, chaste, pure
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irony
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expressing meaning through words typically meaning the opposite
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subtle
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very small change, dificult to perceive
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abhor
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hate
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guileless
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sincere, honest, free from guilt
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anonymity
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being unknown
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facade
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superficial appearance of illusion of something
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lucrative
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profitible, money making
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saunter
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leisurely walk, stoll
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sallow
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sickly, yellowish
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palliative
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releiving pain without cure
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