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Things Fall Apart Vocabulary
T.F.A.V Vocabulary
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English
10th Grade
03/16/2009

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egwugwu
Definition
a masquerader who impersonates an ancestral spirit
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Kola nut
Definition
a nut from an African tree that has caffeine.
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proverb
Definition
a short saying that expresses some obvious truth
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Oracle
Definition
any person or place believed to be in communication with god
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Agbala
Definition
a woman or a man who has taken no title
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malevolent
Definition
wishing evil or harm to others
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incipient
Definition
just beginning to exist
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chi
Definition
personal god
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abomination
Definition
something hateful and digusting
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tapper
Definition
someone who taps trees to get the sap or oil
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share-cropping
Definition
a farmer who gives part of his profits to the landowner
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cassava
Definition
tuber often used for tapioca, fruit
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Ibo
Definition
an African tribe of Nigeria
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bride-price
Definition
the money paid by the groom's family to the bride's family
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harbingers
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A person or thing that comes before to indicate what follows.
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effeminate
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having characteristics usually associated with females.
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plantains
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a type of small banana
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ogbanje
Definition
a child who repeatedly dies and returns to its mother to be reborn
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