Things Fall Apart - Part 1

Joseph S.
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  1. polygamy
    having more than one spouse at a time
  2. improvident
    not supplying something useful for the future
  3. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  4. revered
    profoundly honored
  5. proverb
    a condensed but memorable saying embodying an important fact
  6. ultimatum
    a final peremptory demand
  7. compensation
    the act of making amends for service, loss, or injury
  8. oracle
    a shrine where a prophet is consulted
  9. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
  10. idle
    not in action or at work
  11. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  12. patriarchal
    of a social organization with the male as the head
  13. abomination
    a person who is loathsome or disgusting
  14. inheritance
    hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
  15. contempt
    lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  16. scorch
    burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color
  17. sow
    place seeds in or on the ground for future growth
  18. wither
    shrink, as with a loss of moisture
  19. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  20. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  21. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  22. in vain
    without a successful result or effect
  23. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  24. repentant
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  25. valediction
    a farewell oration
  26. deity
    a supernatural being worshipped as controlling the world
  27. euphemism
    an inoffensive expression substituted for an offensive one
  28. clamber
    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
  29. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
  30. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
  31. feverish
    having or affected by an abnormally high body temperature
  32. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  33. locust
    migratory grasshopper that moves in a swarm
  34. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  35. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  36. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  37. effeminate
    lacking traits typically associated with men or masculinity
  38. suitor
    a man who courts a woman
  39. foil
    a person or thing that serves to contrast with another
Created on Thu Sep 20 01:18:01 EDT 2012 (updated Thu Sep 20 01:34:55 EDT 2012)

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