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Things Fall Apart
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20
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10/26/2005

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Asperity
Definition
roughness or harshness, weather, irritability
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Conciliate
Definition
to overcome the distrust or animosity of a person
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Diffident
Definition
hesitant to assert oneself from a lack of confidence; timid
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Discern
Definition
to perceive; detect; or , to recognize or comprehend mentally
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Exacting
Definition
making severe or rigorous demands; or, requiring great care, effort, or attention
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Expedient
Definition
appropriate to a particular purpose
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expiation
Definition
the act of expiating, atonement, or the means of atonement
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Fare
Definition
to get along or to turn out go or to feed on
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Haggard
Definition
appearing worn and exhausted, gaunt
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harbinger
Definition
one that indicates or foreshadows what is to come, forerunner
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Improvident
Definition
not providing for the future, thriftless, or rash, incautious
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incipient
Definition
beginning to exist or appear
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Miscreant
Definition
an evildoer, villian
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Peevish
Definition
querulousl discontented; fretful; or , ill tempered
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Physiognomy
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the art of judging human character from facial features
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Plaintive
Definition
expressing sorrow, mournful, melancholy
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Propitious
Definition
presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious, kindly, gracious
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Sully
Definition
to mar the cleannes or luster of; soil; stain; or, to defile, taint
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valediction
Definition
an act of bidding farewell; leave-taking; or, a speech or a statement
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wily
Definition
full of wiles; sly
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