Persepolis: The Story of a Return (The Return--Ch. 10)

Kelly Cook (United States of America)
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  1. Six-Day War
    tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East
  2. mujahideen
    a group of Muslim guerrilla warriors engaged in a jihad
  3. imposing
    befitting an important, distinguished, or powerful person
  4. distress
    a state of adversity
  5. boor
    a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking refinement
  6. armoire
    a large wardrobe or cabinet
  7. slogan
    a favorite saying of a sect or political group
  8. nationalize
    put under state control or ownership
  9. disillusioned
    freed from false ideas
  10. intervene
    be placed or located between other things
  11. sordid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  12. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  13. absurdity
    the state or quality of being ridiculous
  14. armistice
    a state of peace agreed to between opponents
  15. intelligentsia
    an educated elite
  16. renounce
    turn away from; give up
  17. fidelity
    the quality of being faithful
  18. ravaged
    having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence
  19. chemical warfare
    warfare using chemical agents to kill or injure or incapacitate the enemy
  20. conviction
    an unshakable belief in something without need for proof
  21. blase
    nonchalantly unconcerned
  22. anecdote
    short account of an incident
Created on 十一月 5, 2013 (updated 十二月 14, 2013)

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