Things Fall Apart - part one, chapters 1 - 13

Amy J. (United States of America)
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  1. haggard
    showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
  2. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  3. mirth
    great merriment
  4. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
  5. amiss
    in an improper or mistaken manner
  6. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  7. idleness
    the trait of being inactive or lazy
  8. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  9. abomination
    hate coupled with disgust
  10. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  11. atone
    turn away from sin or do penitence
  12. provoked
    incited, especially deliberately, to anger
  13. repentant
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
  14. deftly
    in an agile manner
  15. arduous
    characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion
  16. poignant
    keenly distressing to the mind or feelings
  17. tentative
    hesitant or lacking confidence; unsettled in mind or opinion
  18. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
  19. taut
    pulled or drawn tight
  20. miscalculation
    a mistake in calculating
  21. kindled
    set afire
  22. feign
    make believe with the intent to deceive
  23. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
  24. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  25. harbinger
    something indicating the approach of something or someone
  26. copiously
    in very large amounts or quantities; extremely
  27. expel
    eliminate
  28. threshold
    the starting point for a new state or experience
  29. suitor
    a man who courts a woman
  30. haggle
    an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)
  31. audacity
    aggressive or outright boldness
  32. devoid
    completely wanting or lacking
  33. listless
    lacking zest or vivacity
  34. communal
    for or by a group rather than individuals
  35. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  36. esoteric
    understandable only by an enlightened inner circle
  37. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  38. delectable
    extremely pleasing to the sense of taste
  39. consolation
    the act of giving relief in affliction
  40. vigor
    forceful exertion
  41. tripod
    a three-legged rack used for support
  42. closefisted
    unwilling to part with money
  43. sediment
    matter that has been deposited by some natural process
  44. lamentation
    the passionate activity of expressing grief
  45. tremulous
    quivering as from weakness or fear
  46. infirm
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  47. rite
    any customary observance or practice
  48. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  49. inadvertent
    happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
  50. calamity
    an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
Created on Mon Nov 26 07:53:04 EST 2012 (updated Mon Nov 26 08:42:04 EST 2012)

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