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Zeitoun Part One Vocabulary and Characters

Across
respectful or courteous regard
existing or being everywhere
incapable of being injured or impaired
relief; reprieve
actions that lessen one’s dignity
prudent, well-considered; cautious, watchful
clever and high-spirited eldest daughter
alert and wary
a gradual reduction in work force; a wearing down or weakening of resistance
bewildered or confused; mildly confused
a relationship between two people in which each person is dependent upon and receives reinforcement, whether beneficial or detrimental, from the other
middle daughter, who is seven years old during Hurricane Katrina
Down
successful painting contractor who runs his own business; native of Syria, who remains close with his family and a devout Muslim; hard-working, stubborn, and committed
to misunderstand or take something in the wrong sense
anything that puzzles
having a wave-like or ripple form; wavy
bewildered; puzzled
devoted to a principle
a pouring out of anything; a simultaneous discharge of anything
flexible; adaptable
A native of Baton Rouge; converted to Islam
Kathy's son from her first marriage; he is fifteen
a prolonged or tedious account
A Lebanese-American, the first friend Zeitoun made in the United States
youngest child during the period covered in the book