10 NEW VOCABULARY WORDS FROM THE KITE RUNNER

1.FRIGID-PG.1 ADJ. very cold in temperature
2.HARELIPPED-PG.1 NOUN a congenitally deformed lip, usually the upper one, in which there is a vertical fissure causing it to resemble the cleft lip of a hare.The deformity itself.

3.CHISELED-PG.3 ADJ.cut, shaped, etc., with a chisel: chiseled stone.Sharply or clearly shaped; clear-cut: She has finely chiseled features.

4.VAULTED-PG.4 ADJ constructed or covered with a vault, as a building or chamber.
5.HIDING-PG.35 NOUN act of concealing; concealment: to remain in hiding
.A secret refuge or means of concealment

6.UNISON-PG.35 NOUN coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices, etc.The musical interval of a perfect prime.

7.HARELIP-PG.40 NOUN a congenitally deformed lip, usually the upper one, in which there is a vertical fissure causing it to resemble the cleft lip of a hare.The deformity itself.


8.GROTESQUE-PG.41 ADJ.odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.Fantastic in the shaping and combination of forms, as in decorative work combining incongruous human and animal figures with scrolls, foliage, etc.

9.THAWED-PG.43 VERB.To pass or change from a frozen to a liquid or semiliquid state; melt.
10.EERIE-PG.46 ADJ. uncanny, so as to inspire superstitious fear; weird: an eerie midnight howl. Chiefly Scot. affected with superstitious fear.