Outcasts United: Epilogue

by Warren St. John
This book tells the inspiring true story of Luma Mufleh, a Jordanian woman who quit her job in order to coach the Fugees, a soccer team of refugee boys.

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  1. manageable
    capable of being controlled
    In the months following the Fugees' 2006 season, a number of problems seemed to shrink, or at least become more manageable.
  2. reconciliation
    the reestablishment of cordial relations
    The reconciliation took place gradually, rather than at any sort of intense heart-to-heart meeting.
  3. deduce
    conclude by reasoning
    Jeremiah had never shown much interest in the outcomes of the older boys’ games, so Luma rightly deduced that Mandela was putting his younger brother up to the calls.
  4. vocational
    of or relating to an occupation
    She suggested he apply to Job Corps, a U.S. government program that provides vocational training to people between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four and that offers the chance to earn a high school degree.
  5. inauguration
    the ceremonial induction into a position
    With the help of family and friends in the Sudanese community, Shamsoun raised more than two thousand dollars so he could attend the inauguration of President Barack Obama with a student group.
  6. illiterate
    not able to read or write
    From tutoring sessions, Luma knew the boy was almost completely illiterate.
  7. migration
    the movement of persons from one locality to another
    For many refugee families, Clarkston is just a first stop in America, a place to get a foothold before moving on to secondary migration centers in the United States.
  8. elite
    selected as the best
    Kanue Biah decided to try out for the Silverbacks, the elite Atlanta soccer club, and made the team, while Qendrim left the Fugees because he could no longer get rides to and from Clarkston from his family’s apartment outside town.
  9. cope
    come to terms with
    Luma tried to cope with the departures as best she could.
  10. persecute
    cause to suffer
    A steady flow of refugees into town—most recently, Burundians and Karen, a persecuted ethnic group from Burma—has meant that there has been no shortage of boys who want to try out for the Fugees.
  11. prompt
    serve as the inciting cause of
    The article, which detailed Mayor Swaney’s ban on soccer in the town park, prompted an unexpected response.
  12. deluge
    charge someone with too many tasks
    Mayor Swaney was deluged with angry phone calls and emails from Times readers who were appalled that he had kicked the Fugees out of the town park after Christmas.
  13. appalled
    struck with dread, shock, or dismay
    Mayor Swaney was deluged with angry phone calls and emails from Times readers who were appalled that he had kicked the Fugees out of the town park after Christmas.
  14. reaffirm
    assert once again
    As the mayor scrambled to explain and reexplain himself in the wake of the public outcry, the City Council of Clarkston took up the matter once again and reaffirmed the Fugees’ right to use the field through the spring.
  15. utter
    complete
    To his surprise and utter delight, Qendrim was asked to give his first autograph—to a young boy who’d turned out to see the Fugees play.
  16. intern
    someone who works for an expert to learn about a job
    Volunteers have reached out to the program; the Fugees currently have seven interns who help with logistics.
  17. reluctant
    not eager
    Luma was reluctant to give advice.
  18. tendency
    an inclination to do something
    She didn’t hesitate with her response: it was the tendency of people to assume that she and Luma must be saints.
  19. pedestal
    a position of great esteem
    “Putting Luma on a pedestal is counterproductive,” she wrote me once in an email.
  20. thrive
    make steady progress
    The Fugees continue to thrive, helped largely by small donors who have decided to get involved and to help Coach Luma’s work.
Created on Fri Jan 19 16:58:28 EST 2018 (updated Mon Jan 22 10:48:37 EST 2018)

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