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Things Fall Apart Vocabulary Words
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English
10th Grade
03/15/2011

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Meager
Definition
deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty;
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Brusqueness
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abrupt in manner; blunt; rough
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Interim
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an intervening time; interval; meantime: in the interim
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Abomination
Definition
anything abominable; anything greatly disliked or abhorred
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Benevolent
Definition
characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings
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Arduous
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requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult
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Poignant
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keenly distressing to the feelings
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Clambered
Definition
to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty
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Revel
Definition
to take great pleasure or delight
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Taut
Definition
tightly drawn; tense; not slack
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Improvident
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not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary
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Capricious
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subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic
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Emissary
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a representative sent on a mission or errand
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Rebuke
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to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand
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Communal
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used or shared in common by everyone in a group
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Pandemonium
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wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos
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Approbation
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approval; commendation
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Trifle
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an article or thing of very little value
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Wily
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full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning
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Maleovlent
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wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious
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