TDA- Ch.17- epilogue vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hysterical | very funny |
| Portents | an indication that something is about to happen |
| staccato | shortened |
| babushka | a women's scarf ( what they have to wear in Afganistan) |
| clarity | clear |
| defiantly | disobeying |
| Irony | the use of words to convey the meanings by using language that normally signifies the oppisite |
| Liebchen | in Yiddish meaning girl or sweatheart |
| parody | making fun or an imitation of a style |
| Superimposed | to put or stack one item on top of another in a way that both items are still evident |
| volley | (in sports) n striking or kicking a ball back and forth before it misses, or bullets or arrows that come out at once |
| L'chaim | a toast to one's health and well being |
| resolved | firmly determined;decided,firm |
| partisans | a supporter of a group or persons |
| rations | a fixed portion especially in the amount of food, alloted to persons in military service or to civilians in times of scarcity |
| salvaging | an act of saving something |
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