This entry is vocabulary from pages 27-35 of Woman Warrior. My source is an online dictionary.
Page 28:
~Self-immolation-voluntary sacrifice or denial of oneself, as for an ideal or another person.
~ transmigration- the passage of a soul after death into another body; metempsychosis.
Page 29:
~strata-a layer of material, naturally or artificially formed, often one of a number of parallel layers one upon another
~resin-a substance of this type obtained from certain pines; rosin
~paradoxes-A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true
Page 32:
~conscription-compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service; draft.
Page 34:
~forebodingly-a strong inner feeling or notion of a future misfortune, evil, etc.; presentiment.
Page 35:
~writhed-to shrink mentally, as in acute discomfort.
~tooled-A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects
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Your name thing is cute Jenna
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