Things Fall Apart

Rebecca F.
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  1. brusqueness
    an abrupt discourteous manner
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  2. improvident
    not supplying something useful for the future
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  3. stammer
    speak haltingly
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  4. emissary
    someone sent to represent another's interests
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  5. repentant
    feeling or expressing remorse for misdeeds
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  6. incipient
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
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  7. deft
    skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
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  8. communal
    for or by a group rather than individuals
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  9. inflexible
    resistant to being bent
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  10. dominate
    be in control
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  11. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
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  12. contradict
    prove negative; show to be false
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  13. subdue
    put down by force or intimidation
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  14. contemptible
    deserving of scorn or disrespect
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  15. resent
    feel bitter or indignant about
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  16. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
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  17. provoke
    provide the needed stimulus for
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  18. prowess
    a superior skill learned by study and practice
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  19. suppress
    put down by force or authority
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  20. discern
    perceive, recognize, or detect
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  21. strive
    attempt by employing effort
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  22. restraint
    the act of controlling by holding someone or something back
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  23. suppressed
    held in check or kept back with difficulty
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  24. consolation
    the act of giving relief in affliction
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  25. perpetual
    continuing forever or indefinitely
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  26. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
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  27. poverty
    the state of having little or no money and possessions
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  28. despair
    a state in which all hope is lost or absent
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  29. severe
    very harsh or strict, especially when dealing with others
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  30. fond
    having or displaying warmth or affection
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  31. industry
    the action of making of goods and services for sale
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Created on Thu May 09 19:21:24 EDT 2013

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