The Kite Runner Vocabulary Chapters 1-5

"Everyone agreed that my father, my Baba, had built the most beautiful house in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, a new and affluent neighborhood in the northern part of Kabul." In this sentence, "affluent" most likely means...

"But despite sharing ethnic heritage and family blood, Sanaubar joined the neighborhood kids in taunting Ali. I have heard that she made no secret of her disdain for his appearance." In this sentence, "disdain" most likely means...

"When people scoffed that Baba would never marry well—after all, he was not of royal blood—he wedded my mother, Sofia Akrami, a highly educated woman universally regarded as one of Kabul’s most respected, beautiful, and virtuous ladies." In this sentence, "scoffed" most likely means...

"That was how I escaped my father’s aloofness, in my dead mother’s books." In this sentence, "aloofness" most likely means...

"But Baba sensed my lack of genuine interest and resigned himself to the bleak fact that his son was never going to either play or watch soccer." In this sentence, "bleak" most likely means...

He is ______ and can afford luxury cars and designer clothes.

After their performance in the last game, most people thought their chances of winning this game were ______.

“You! An actress?!” he _________. “You have no more talent than I do!”

She's been criticized for ____________ but she's really just very shy.

After a mix up with his food, he glared at the waiter with a look of _______ on his face.