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WorksheetsI am Malala SET I Vocabulary---Chapters Prologue-5
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
An introduction to preceding events or developments; prior to; before.
Prologue
Looming
Laden
Gully
A water-worn ravine.
Prologue
Looming
Laden
Gully
Appear as a shadowy form, especially one that is large or threatening.
Prologue
Looming
Laden
Gully
Heavily loaded or weighed down.
Prologue
Looming
Laden
Gully
The term for God in Islam.
Pious
Madrasa
Allah
Devout
Having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.
Pious
Madrasa
Allah
Devout
A college for Islamic instruction.
Pious
Madrasa
Allah
Devout
Committed to ones Religious doctrine.
Pious
Madrasa
Allah
Devout
Father
Shalwar
Aba
Kamiz
Dyna
Bus
Shalwar
Aba
Kamiz
Dyna
A light, loose, pleated trousers (pants) tapering to a tight fit around the ankles.
Shalwar
Aba
Kamiz
Dyna
A long tunic or shirt.
Shalwar
Aba
Kamiz
Dyna
The Muslim festival MARKING THE END OF THE FAST of Ramadan.
Small Eid
Big Eid
Pashto
Fundamentalist
A person who believes in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture on a religion.
Small Eid
Big Eid
Pashto
Fundamentalist
The Muslim festival that comes at the end of time linked to the annual pilgrimage of the Haji.
Small Eid
Big Eid
Pashto
Fundamentalist
Each of the sets of three stumps with two bails across the top at either end of a pitch, defended by a batsman.
Cricket
Rickshaw
Wickets
Richter Scale
An open-air game played on a large grass field with bats, balls, and two wickets, between teams of eleven players; the object of the game being scored more runs than the opposition.
Cricket
Rickshaw
Wickets
Richter Scale
A light two-wheeled hooded vehicle drawn by one or more people.
Cricket
Rickshaw
Wickets
Richter Scale
A numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake.
Crisket
Rickshaw
Wickets
Richter Scale
An educated learned Muslim scholar especially in India---often used as a form of address.
Mullah
Holy Quran
Maulana
Blasphemy
A Muslim educated in Islamic theology and sacred law.
Mullah
Holy Quran
Maulana
Blasphemy
The act or offense of speaking sacrilegiously about God or sacred things; profane talk.
Mullah
Holy Quran
Maulana
Blasphemy
The Islamic sacred book believed to be a word of God, dictated to Muhammad the arch-angel Gabriel and written down in Arabic.
Mullah
Holy Quran
Maulana
Blasphemy
The friendly and generous reception and entertainment of guest, visitors, or strangers.
Hospitality
Raucous
Reprimand
Consoled
To comfort someone at a time of grief or disappointment.
Hospitality
Raucous
Reprimand
Consoled
To tell someone officially that they have done something wrong.
Hospitality
Raucous
Reprimand
Consoled
Making a disturbing harsh and loud noise.
Hospitality
Raucous
Reprimand
Consoled
The practice among women in certain Muslim and Hindu Societies of living in a separate room or behind a curtain, or of dressing in all-enveloping clothes, in order to stay out of sight (form of seclusion) of men or strangers.
Pashto
Rupees
Ramadan
Purdah
The basic monetary unit, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal (+other countries) use for money.
Pashto
Rupees
Ramadan
Purdah
The ninth month of the Muslim year, during which strict fasting is observed from sunrise to sunset.
Pashto
Rupees
Ramadan
Purdah
Language of the Pashtun people in the Middle East.
Pashto
Rupees
Ramadan
Purdah
