A | B |
impunity | exemption from punishment |
madrasas | a school or college, especially a school attached to a mosque where young men study theology |
infidels | (in Muslim use) a person who does not accept the Islamic faith; a person who has no religious faith; unbeliever; skeptic |
surah | any of the 114 chapters of the Koran |
magnanimous | generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness; high-minded; noble |
proprietary | a property owner; belonging to a proprietor (owner of a business) |
disconsolate | without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy |
effusive | unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve; pouring out; overflowing |
tangential | merely touching; slightly connected; pertaining to or of a tangent |
gesticulated | to make or use gestures (movements of the body) especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech |
surreptitious | obtained, done, make, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine |
rictus | the gaping or opening of the mouth |