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Define: People held in custody, especially for political reasons.
Detainees
100
Define: Extreme anger.
Wrath
100
Define: lack of interest, concern, or sympathy.
Indifference
100
Define: Surrounded by or in the middle of.
Amidst
100
Define: the state or feeling of being calm and in control of oneself.
Composure
200
Define: A guard in a prison.
Warder
200
Define: Made or let out a sound.
Emitted
200
Define: without success or a result.
In vain
200
Define: Countless or extremely great number
Myriads
200
Define: Steady, fixed or resolute
Unwavering
300
Define: Devoid of thought or reflection.
Vacantly
300
Define: saying something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation.
Muttering
300
What colour had the sky turned to?
Black
300
Define: breathing with short, quick breaths; out of breath.
Panting
300
Define: Puzzled, confused or bewildered.
Bemused
400
Define: Raised (one's shoulders) and bent the top of one's body forward.
Hunched
400
Define: No use or unable to take advantage of (an opportunity or available resource).
No avail
400
Define: the feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration, worthless, or deserving scorn.
Contempt
400
Define: Saying (something) while catching one's breath, especially as a result of strong emotion.
Gasping
400
The ground under the narrator as she sat down was cold: the cold of the sea in a what?
Dream
500
Define: Structures, typically of two uprights and a crosspiece, for the hanging of criminals.
Gallows
500
Define: danger of loss, harm, or failure.
Jeopardy
500
Firdaus could not read or write and she knew nothing about what?
Psychology
500
The sky became blue with a blueness that the narrator could capture in her what?
Eyes
500
According to the author, what might we think 'come from the depths of the earth, drop from the rooftops, or fall from the heavens'?
Voices like Firdaus'