Collection 2: Cairo: My City, Our Revolution

As you read Ahdaf Soueif's "Cairo: My City, Our Revolution," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 9's Collection 2: texts about the 1963 March on Washington, Cairo: My City, Our Revolution, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Censors
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  1. subside
    wear off or die down
  2. opaque
    not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy
  3. personnel
    group of people willing to obey orders
  4. career
    move headlong at high speed
  5. Giza
    an ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile opposite Cairo; site of three Great Pyramids and the Sphinx
  6. parapet
    a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
  7. scramble
    climb awkwardly, as if by rushing hastily
  8. cooperative
    done with or working with others for a common purpose
  9. reclaim
    reassert one's right or title to
  10. prism
    optical device used to deviate a beam or invert an image
  11. survey
    consider in a comprehensive way
  12. intermittent
    stopping and starting at irregular intervals
  13. instigate
    provoke or stir up
  14. momentous
    of very great significance
  15. crossroads
    a crisis situation when a critical decision must be made
Created on Thu Jul 03 14:05:37 EDT 2014 (updated Fri Jul 04 11:35:38 EDT 2014)

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