Iqbal - Vocab Study

AGITATED

pg. 33 "Even Hussain, who usually appeared halfway through the morning pulling up his pants and sleepy-eyed, was already awake and agitated"

• NERVOUS

• EXCITED

• MOVING

• HASTY

AVIDLY

pg. 47 "[Iqbal] drank avidly and then poured the rest on his poor face."

• FAST

• VIVIDLY

• WITH ENTHUSIASM

• SHAKING

BARBAROUS

pg. 72 "But [the man from Bonded Labor Liberation Front of Pakistan] said it was a crime, it was barbarous, to exploit children and make them work like slaves in carpet workshops or brick factories."

• CIVILIZED

• WILD

• UNCIVILIZED

• CRAZY

BRANDISH

pg. 5 "Of course, if I ever did manage to reach through the window or even to wriggle out, I would just find myself in the garden next door and Hussain Khan's wife would come to get me, brandishing her stick and crying, "You, little ragbag! You ungrateful little viper!""

• TO POINT

• TO SHOW

• TO SHAKE

• TO HIT

CHAPATI

pg. 2 "...brought us a round loaf of chapati bread

• FLAT BREAD

• PANCAKE

• RICE CAKES

• CAKES

CLANDESTINE

pg. 79 "But now there's a law in our country that makes these clandestine factories illegal

• SECRET

• OPEN

• IMMIGRANT

• CONCEALED

DECREPIT

pg. 67 "There are areas where the houses are very tall, so tall you can hardly see the tops of them, and areas where old decrepit houses are bunched together, but there was nobody about. It was too early

• OLD

• WORN OUT

• WASTED

• TRASHY

• RUINED

DELUDE

pg. 57 "I wanted it to be true, but I tried not to delude myself."

• TO HIDE THE TRUTH

• TO LIE TO YOURSELF

• TO SPEAK WRONGLY

• TO SPEAK OUT

EDDY

pg. 9 "The sun was high and warm, and its long beams of light caught the eddying dust, in the workroom."

• TO MOVE AGAINST SOMETHING

• TO STOP SOMETHING

• TO SHAKE SOMETHING

• TO HIDE FROM SOMETHING

EXPLOIT

"But he said it was a crime, it was barbarous, to exploit children and make them work like slaves in carpet workshops or brick factories."

• TO EXPLORE

• TO INSTRUCT

• TO PROBE

• TO TAKE ADVANTAGE