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Vocabulary from Things Fall Apart
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English
10th Grade
05/26/2009

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Requisite
Definition
Necessary for some purpose, essential.
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Diffused
Definition
Spread widely
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Affirmation
Definition
The act of saying yes.
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Ominous
Definition
threatening; sinister; resembling evil.
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Derisive
Definition
expressing ridicule, mockery or scorn.
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Callow
Definition
young and inexperienced, immature.
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Impudent
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Incautious
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Miscreant
Definition
Criminal, wicked, monstrous, unbelievable. Discreat
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Enormity
Definition
great wickedness.
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Annihilation
Definition
destruction
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Degenerate
Definition
corrupt
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Impotent
Definition
powerless ,weak, helpless.
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Imminent
Definition
Impending, likely to happen soon
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discordant
Definition
not in harmony, clashing.
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Sonorous
Definition
Having a full deep rich sound.
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caste
Definition
Restrictive and exclusive social or occupational class/group.
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Zeal
Definition
great enthusiasm
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Emanation
Definition
Somthing that comes forth from a source.
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Ostracize
Definition
to banish, cast out or exclude.
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Debar
Definition
to prohibit or prevent, to take away a right or a privalage.
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Administered
Definition
gave out/ dispensed applied.
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Irreparable
Definition
unable to repair.
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Resilent
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Able to bounce back/ recover quickly.
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Bouyant
Definition
cheerful, light hearted
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Indignity
Definition
Something insulting to the dignity of a person ir a social group.
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Expedient
Definition
convenient, appropiate, usefull, relevent.
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Desecrated
Definition
treated as not sacred.
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