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APLAC Vocab
Things Fall Apart
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English
11th Grade
04/10/2011
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Harmattan
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nout; dry wind in Africa
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Improvident
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adj; neglecting to provide for future needs
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Haggard
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adjective; exhausted appearance due to suffering
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Cowries
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noun; small shells used for money
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Prowess
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noun; exceptional bravery/ability
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Discerned
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verb; to think over
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Discerned
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verb; to think over
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Malevolent
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adjective; evil
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capricious
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adjective; unpredictable, witty
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abomination
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noun; a shameful/ hated action
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cassava
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noun; plant, the source of tapioca
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sisal
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noun; plant used for making rope
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brusqueness
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noun; abrupt, blunt
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valediction
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noun; an act of bidding farewell
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deftly
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adverb; skillfully
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poignant
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adjective; affecting the emotions
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calabashes
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noun; gourds
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tentative
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adjective; hiesitant
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mortar
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noun; receptacle wehere substances are ground up/powdered
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disembodied
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adjective; don't know where it's coming from
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feign
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verb; fake
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emissary
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noun; someone sent on a mission
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espied
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verb; to see
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copiously
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adverb; thoroughly, abundantly
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succulent
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adjective; full of juice
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devoid
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adjective; completely lacking
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specious
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adjective; plausible but false
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pandemonium
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noun; general mayhem
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voluble
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adjective; talkative
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incipient
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adjective; beginning to become apparent
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benumbed
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adjective; numb or insensitive
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esoteric
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adjective; knowledge restricted to a small group
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inadvertently
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adverb; unintentionally
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requisite
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adjective; essential, necessary
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derisive
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advective; abusing vocally, ridiculing
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fetish
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noun; an object believed to have magical power
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impudent
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adjective; cocky boldness
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miscreant
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adjective; villainous
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adherent
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noun; follower
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expedient
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adjective; suitable
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palavers
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noun; conferences, discussion
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