RLIT vocab 1
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16 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 transfixed | become motionless w horror wonder or astonishment |
| consulate | the place or building in which a consul's duties are carried out |
| bemused | puzzled. confused |
| proletarian | of or relating to the working class |
| emissary | a person sent on a special mission usually as a diplomatic representative |
| wantonly | sexual immodest or promiscuous ...but also immodest in other areas |
| Hizbollah | an extremist shiite muslim group who has ties to iran, created after the iranian revolution in 1979 and active esp in Lebanon |
| symbiosis | interaction btwn two living organism, living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both |
| cleric | a priest or minister of a church |
| chador | a large piece of dark cloth, typically worn by muslim women, wrapped around the head and upper body to leave only the face exposed |
| oblique | slanting |
| burlesque | any grotesque caricature |
| lackey | a servile follower |
| hapless | unfortunate |
| imam | a person who leads prayers in the mosque |
| cuckolded | the husband of an adulteress |
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