english vocab kite runner
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- congenital
- characteristic since birth
- melee
- a confused struggle; a hand to hand fight among several people
- vehemently
- forcefully; with intense emotion
- nemesis
- a formidable rival or opponent (often victorious)
- obstinacy
- state of being difficult to remedy, relieve, or subdue
- lorries
- motor trucks (British)
- lumbering
- moving ponderously
- trepidation
- hesitance; apprehension
- insomniac
- someone who cannot sleep
- cretin
- a stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person
- tarpaulin
- a piece of material used to cover areas/ objects
- carcinoma
- a malignant tumor
- palliative
- easing symptoms without curing disease
- metastasized
- to spread or grow (such as with cancer)
- chastise
- to discipline; to criticize severely
- chuff
- to produce noisy exhaust or exhalations
- permeate
- to diffuse through or penetrate something
- haphazardly
- marked by a lack of plan, order, direction
- oblivion
- the state of being forgotten or unknown
- presumptuous
- overstepping one\'s bounds
- tote
- to carry by hand
- irrevocable
- unalterable; impossible to revoke
- epiphany
- an intuitive grasp or reality through an event - usually simple and striking
- calloused
- hardened or thickened; showing or feeling no sympathy
- hemorrhage
- to bleed rapidly and uncontrollably
- paunchy
- having a potbelly