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A vocabulary word list for The Kite Runner is arranged in order of appearance:
  • The Kite Runner: Chapters One-Four: pp.1-30:
    affluent, tapestries, chandelier, vaulted, congenital, perpetually, skeptic, scoffed, virtuous, intricacies, exhilarating, liability, melee, jostled, vehemently, revving, nemesis, obstinacy, irony
  • Chapters Five-Seven: pp.30-69
    monarchy, unwittingly, harassing, trepidation, lorries, foyer, integrity, squabbling, gnarled, imminent, demise
  • Chapters Eight-Ten: pp. 70-108
    lumbering, insomniac, embodiment, bazaar, drone, shrouded, withered, stench
  • Chapters Eleven-Twelve: pp. 109-144
    cretin, permeate, cardamom, tarpaulin, suitor, carcinoma, palliative, metastasized, chastise
  • Chapters Thirteen-Sixteen: pp. 145-187
    posh, ensuing, incessant, chuff, presumptuous
  • Chapters Seventeen-twenty-one; pp. 188-238
    wary, oblivion, dismissive, snickered, burlap, relic, obliges, haphazardly, hunkered
  • Chapters Twenty-two-twenty-three
    tote, morbidly, calloused, hemorrhage, paunchy
  • Chapters Twenty-four-Twenty-five
    irrevocably, teeming, turmoil, insomniac, epiphany, eccentric

    The The Kite Runner Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet uses a vocabulary word list of 12 words taken directly from The Kite Runner. Vocabulary words are used in context but do not refer to the actual story.
    If you are unfamiliar with the meaning of vocabulary words, research and study the definition. Put your answers in The Kite Runner fill-in-the-blanks worksheet. If you are working on ACT or SAT vocabulary, this vocabulary word list from The Kite Runner should help your mastery.
    The Kite Runner Vocabulary Word List:
    chuff, congenital, cretin, epiphany, foyer, gnarled, hunkered, jostled, lorries, melee, palliative, scoffed

    THE KITE RUNNER Fill-in-the-blanks Worksheet
  • 1. Brenda understands that her child might have a _______ abnormality but one that is usually not hereditary.
  • 2. When Karen proposed more rigid classroom rules at the faculty meeting, colleagues _______ at the absurd ideas!
  • 3. Dr. Loring assured his patient that this new drug has proven _______ and would lessen her pain.
  • 4. Jim followed a procession of _______ painted in identical camouflage colors for several miles on the highway.
  • 5. Tracy looked at the _______ hands of the old woman and politely asked if her joints were painful.
  • 6. Bobby was so mad that his brother carelessly spilled milk on his pants that he unkindly yelled, "Mike, you are such a _______."
  • 7. A kindly caregiver named Priscilla offered _______ care to the elderly woman who was bedridden.
  • 8. No one disagreed that Ned was an example of a _______ who was, in all ways, disagreeable and mean.
  • 9. Josephine experienced an _______ when she realized she could actually get to the party and surprise everyone!
  • 10. Passengers on the crowded subway were _______ one against the other as the train lurched.
  • 11. Chris welcome guests to the hotel in the large _______ and directed them to the concierge.
  • 12. The trainer worked with the puppy to have him _______ down quickly when he got a certain command.

    ANSWERS:
    1. congenital 2. scoffed 3. melee 4. lorries 5. gnarled 6. cretin 7. palliative 8. chuff 9. epiphany 10. jostled 11. foyer 12. hunkered

    Thank you, Jan Cook, a former teacher at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, California, for being the teacher contributor at www.myVocabulary.com for a vocabulary word list with a Fill-in-the-blanks worksheet for The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini.
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