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Things Fall Apart
Vocabulary Ch.1-13
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10th Grade
03/20/2011
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impending
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about to happen; imminent
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improvident
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lacking foresight or thrift
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prowess
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bravery; valor; exceptional skill
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ultimatum
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a final demand whose rejection ends negotiation and leads to a use of force or other strong action
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potent
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powerful
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oracle
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a person or place believed to reveal messages from a god or spirit
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emissary
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a person sent on a mission
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malevolent
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wishing harm to others
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luxuriant
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growing abudantly; lush; teeming
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brusqueness
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curtness; rough and abrupt manner
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benevolent
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wishing good to others
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atone
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to make amends
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poignant
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emotionally moving
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tentative
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hesitant; uncertain
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coiffure
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hairdo
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amiss
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wrong; faulty; improper
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esoteric
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intended for a chosen few
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voluble
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talkative
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sullen
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gloomy; sulky
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discern
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to perceive or recognize; to make out clearly
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incipient
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just beginning to exist or come to notice
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tethered
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tied
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tremulous
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trembling; quivering
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guttural
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harsh; rasping; referring to a sound produced in the throat
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inadvertent
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accidental; uninentional
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