The Kite Runner: - Vocabulary Words

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THE KITE RUNNER – Vocabulary Words


Directions:
(1) Complete the vocabulary anticipation guide table for each group of chapters. Use a “+” when you are
sure you can/have, use a “-“ when you are sure you can’t/haven’t, and use a “?” when you are not sure
(you can just use an “X” in the “Don’t know it at all” column).
(2) Add any unfamiliar words you come across while reading.

Chapters 1-4

Word Have heard it Can define or Can spell it Can use it Don’t know it
explain it to correctly in a at all
others sentence
affluent
tapestries
chandelier
vaulted
congenital
perpetually
skeptic
scoffed
virtuous
intricacies
exhilarating
liability
melee
jostled
vehemently
revving
nemesis
obstinacy
irony

Other Words:

Chapters 5-7

Word Have heard it Can define or Can spell it Can use it Don’t know it
explain it to correctly in a at all
others sentence
monarchy
unwittingly
harassing
trepidation
lorries
foyer
integrity
squabbling
gnarled
imminent
demise

Other Words:

Chapters 8-10

Word Have heard it Can define or Can spell it Can use it Don’t know it
explain it to correctly in a at all
others sentence
lumbering
insomniac
embodiment
bazaar
drone
shrouded
withered
stench

Other Words:

Chapters 11-12

Word Have heard it Can define or Can spell it Can use it Don’t know it
explain it to correctly in a at all
others sentence
cretin
permeate
cardamom
tarpaulin
suitor
carcinoma
palliative
metastasized
chastise

Other Words:

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Chapters 13-16

Word Have heard it Can define or Can spell it Can use it Don’t know it
explain it to correctly in a at all
others sentence
posh
ensuing
incessant
chuff
presumptuous

Other Words:

Chapters 17-21

Word Have heard it Can define or Can spell it Can use it Don’t know it
explain it to correctly in a at all
others sentence
wary
oblivion
dismissive
snickered
burlap
relic
obliges
haphazardly
hunkered

Other Words:

Chapters 22-23

Word Have heard it Can define or Can spell it Can use it Don’t know it
explain it to correctly in a at all
others sentence
tote
morbidly
calloused
hemorrhage
paunchy

Other Words:

3
Chapters 24-25

Word Have heard it Can define or Can spell it Can use it Don’t know it
explain it to correctly in a at all
others sentence
irrevocably
teeming
turmoil
insomniac
epiphany
eccentric

Other Words:

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