Vocabulary • Ch 5 - The Kite Runner • Definitions

What word means a hole in the ground for burying dead bodies?

• grave

• subtle

• intervene

• subside

What word means to come before something else happens?

• precede

• staccato

• impassive

• subside

What word means very hard to notice or understand?

• hierarchy

• subtle

• subside

• staccato

What is the definition of 'communism'?

• To get involved in a situation

• Aware of things happening around you

• A system where everyone shares everything

• Making you feel serious and thoughtful

What is the definition of 'conscious'?

• Strange or ugly in an exaggerated way

• A system where people or things are ranked in order of importance

• Aware of things happening around you

• Very hard to notice or understand

What is the definition of 'sobering'?

• To come before something else happens

• Making you feel serious and thoughtful

• To go down or become less

• A system where people or things are ranked in order of importance

What is the definition of 'coy'?

• Short and separated notes in music

• Not showing or feeling strong emotions

• A hole in the ground for burying dead bodies

• Shy or pretending to be shy

What is the definition of 'impassive'?

• Making you feel serious and thoughtful

• A system where everyone shares everything

• Not showing or feeling strong emotions

• To make someone feel embarrassed and ashamed

What word means strange or ugly in an exaggerated way?

• impassive

• grotesque

• intervene

• communism

What word means short and separated notes in music?

• grave

• conscious

• staccato

• entourage